The use of oxidized zirconium alloy in knee arthroplasty

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-421

  Heyse, Thomas J ^a   Haas, Steven B ^b   Efe, Turgay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

bearing surface; CoCr; knee arthroplasty; oxidized zirconium; TKA; wear; zirconia

Indexed keywords

BEARING SURFACES; COCR; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; OXIDIZED ZIRCONIUM; TKA;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ORTHOPEDICS; OXIDATION; TERNARY ALLOYS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

ARTHROPLASTY;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; COBALT CHROMIUM; OXIDIZED ZIRCONIUM; TITANIUM; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ALLERGY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLOYS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; NIOBIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84865457737     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.12.30     Document Type: Review

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