Wear of highly crosslinked polyethylene acetabular components: A review of RSA studies

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-168

  Callary, Stuart A ^a,b   Solomon, Lucian B ^a,b   Holubowycz, Oksana T ^b   Campbell, David G ^c   Munn, Zachary ^b   Howie, Donald W ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Wakefield Orthopaedic Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE; ZIRCONIUM;

ACCURACY; ACETABULUM; CROSS LINKING; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOSTEREOMETRIC ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; X RAY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ACETABULUM; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOSTEREOMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925969253     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2014.972890     Document Type: Review

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