Early failure of a zirconia femoral head prosthesis: Fracture or fatigue?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 856-860

  Panagiotopoulos, Elias C ^a   Kallivokas, Alkiviadis G ^a   Koulioumpas, Ioannis ^b   Mouzakis, Dionysios E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomechanics of femoral head; Ceramic femoral head; Femoral head fracture

Indexed keywords

BIOCERAMICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROCRACKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CERAMIC FEMORAL HEAD; FEMORAL HEAD; FEMORAL HEAD FRACTURE; REVISION SURGERY;

PROSTHETICS;

ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMUR HEAD; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 34347336359     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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