Is wear debris responsible for failure in alumina-on-alumina implants? Clinical, histological, and laboratory investigations of 30 revision cases with a median follow-up time of 8 years

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-167

  Savarino, Lucia ^a   Baldini, Nicola ^a,b   Ciapetti, Gabriela ^a   Pellacani, Andrea ^b   Giunti, Armando ^a,b  

^a Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CERAMICS; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; REOPERATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CERAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 65449169679     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670902876730     Document Type: Article

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