Third-body Wear Damage Produced in CoCr Surfaces by Hydroxyapatite and Alumina Ceramic Debris: A 10-cycle Metal-on-Metal Simulator Study
Ceramic particles are believed to be particularly abrasive due to their extreme hardness. Ceramic debris has been reported in retrieved total hip arthroplasty (THA) due to chipping and fracture of alumina components or by flaking of hydroxyapatite from implant coatings. However there appears to be n...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Joint Implant Surgery & Research Foundation
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Reconstructive Review |
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| Online Access: | http://reconstructivereview.org/ojs/index.php/rr/article/view/129 |