Failure analysis of three uncemented titanium-alloy modular total hip stems

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1230-1238

  Paliwal, Manish ^a   Gordon Allan, D ^b   Filip, Peter ^c  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Failure analysis; Fatigue; Hip prosthesis; Modular

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTIES; ARTHROPLASTY; ASEPTIC LOOSENING; CEMENTLESS; CORROSION CRACKING; FATIGUE PROCESS; FRACTURED SURFACES; IN-VIVO; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MONTHS IN SERVICES; STRESS-INDUCED; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL HIP STEMS;

CORROSION FATIGUE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESES; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; PROSTHETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 77952419875     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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