Failure analysis of in vivo fractured ceramic femoral heads

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1188-1194

  Weisse, B ^a   Affolter, Ch ^a   Terrasi, G P ^a   Piskoty, G ^a   Kobel S ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Metoxit AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Contaminants; Fracture load; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD; BONE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIP PROSTHESES; MATERIALS HANDLING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; SPHERES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WEAR RESISTANCE;

ALUMINA BALLS; BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS; CERAMIC; CERAMIC BALLS; CERAMIC FEMORAL HEADS; CONTAMINANTS; CORROSION AND WEAR RESISTANCES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEMORAL HEADS; FRACTURE LOAD; HIP-JOINT IMPLANTS; IN-VIVO; LONG TERMS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTS; NON-UNIFORM LOADS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT; WEAR TRACES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 62649119630     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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