Quantification of self-polishing in vivo from explanted metal-on-metal total hip replacements

Tribology International

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-516

  Joyce, Thomas J ^a   Grigg, Harry ^a   Langton, David J ^b   Nargol, Antoni V F ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lubrication model; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR CUP; FEMORAL HEADS; IN-VIVO; LUBRICATION MODELS; METAL-ON-METAL; MIXED LUBRICATION; PROFILOMETERS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; REVISION SURGERY; TOPOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; HIP PROSTHESES; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; POLISHING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 79952451737     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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