Implants for total hip arthroplasty

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 769-776

  Sanfilippo, James A ^a   Austin, Matthew S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing surface; Cemented; Cementless; Hip arthroplasty; Hip replacement

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLUCOSAMINE;

BIOMECHANICS; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; OTALGIA; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOMECHANICS; CEMENTATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 33845906348     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.6.769     Document Type: Review

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