Ceramic-on-metal for total hip replacement: Mixing and matching can lead to high wear

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-323

  Affatato, Saverio ^a   Spinelli, Michele ^a,b   Zavalloni, Mara ^a   Traina, Francesco ^a   Carmignato, Simone ^c   Toni, Aldo ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceramic on ceramic; Ceramic on metal; Head cup mismatch; Roundness; Wear rate

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIP PROSTHESES; MIXING; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

BEARING SURFACES; CERAMIC-ON-CERAMIC; CERAMIC-ON-METAL; GOLD STANDARDS; HEAD-CUP MISMATCH; MATCHINGS; METAL-ON-METAL BEARINGS; ROUNDNESS; VOLUMETRIC LOSS; WEAR-RATE;

METALS;

METAL;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; GOLD STANDARD; GRAVIMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 77950876981     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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