Alumina Femoral Head Fracture in Uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty With a Ceramic Sandwich Cup

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 468-471

  Hwang, Deuk Soo ^a   Kim, Young Mo ^a   Lee, Chang Hwan ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

alumina femoral head; ceramic sandwich cup fracture; total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CERAMICS; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HIP FRACTURES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 33947589230     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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