Zirconia femoral head fractures: A clinical and retrieval analysis

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 898-905

  Masonis, John L ^a,d   Bourne, Robert B ^a   Ries, Michael D ^b   McCalden, Richard W ^a   Salehi, Abraham ^c   Kelman, David C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; fracture; head; hip; zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; ZIRCONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 4644234883     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2004.02.045     Document Type: Article

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