Metal wear particles: What we know, what we do not know, and why

SAS Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Billi, Fabrizio ^a   Benya, Paul ^a   Ebramzadeh, Edward ^a   Campbell, Pat ^a   Chan, Frank ^b   McKellop, Harry A ^a  

^a JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Medtronic   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Digestion protocol; Metal on metal; Morphology; Wear particles

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CORROSION; IMPLANT; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 73849104736     PISSN: 19359810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esas.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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