Do ceramic femoral heads reduce taper fretting corrosion in hip arthroplasty? A retrieval study

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3270-3282

  Kurtz, Steven M ^a,b   Kocagöz, Sevi B ^a   Hanzlik, Josa A ^a   Underwood, Richard J ^b   Gilbert, Jeremy L ^c   MacDonald, Daniel W ^a   Lee, Gwo Chin ^d   Mont, Michael A ^e   Kraay, Matthew J ^f   Klein, Gregg R ^g   Parvizi, Javad ^h   Rimnac, Clare M ⁱ  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^g Hartzband Center for Hip and Knee Replacement   (United States)

^h THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COBALT CHROMIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CERAMICS; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; TAPER FRETTING CORROSION; CERAMICS; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CERAMICS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84884703527     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3096-2     Document Type: Article

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