Current state and future of joint replacements in the hip and knee

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-393

  Lee, Kevin ^a,b   Goodman, Stuart B ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Current; Future; Hip; Joint replacement; Knee

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCERAMICS; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COBALT DERIVATIVE; METAL DERIVATIVE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; PROSTAGLANDIN F2; TANTALUM; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ARTHRITIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIAL COATING; METAL IMPLANTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; POROSITY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OSTEOLYSIS; POROSITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 48649092636     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.3.383     Document Type: Review

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