Microstructural features in fractured high nitrogen stainless steel hip prostheses: A retrieval study of polished, tapered femoral stems

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 753-760

  Swarts, Eric ^a   Kop, Alan ^a   Jones, Noel ^a   Keogh, Cathie ^a   Miller, Susan ^a   Yates, Piers ^b,c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Perth Orthopaedic Institute   (Australia)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

CPT; Exeter; Fracture; High nitrogen stainless steel; Retrieval analysis

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; STAINLESS STEEL;

CANAL MORPHOLOGY; FRACTURED STEMS; HIGH NITROGEN STAINLESS STEEL; MICROSTRUCTURAL UNIFORMITY; RETRIEVAL ANALYSIS;

PROSTHETICS;

NITROGEN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORROSION; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; METALLURGY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 39049093150     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31497     Document Type: Article

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