Aseptic loosening of femoral components - A review of current and future trends in materials used

Materials and Design

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 459-470

  Bahraminasab, Marjan ^a,b   Sahari, B B ^a   Edwards, K L ^c   Farahmand, Farzam ^d,e   Arumugam, Manohar ^a   Hong, Tang Sai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomaterialsl; Failure analysis; Knee prosthesis; Wear

Indexed keywords

ASEPTIC LOOSENING; BIOMATERIALSL; FEMORAL COMPONENT; FUTURE TRENDS; MECHANICAL COMPLEXITY; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); WEAR OF MATERIALS;

KNEE PROSTHESES;

EID: 84864050510     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.05.046     Document Type: Article

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