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Can severity of trunnion damage be estimated by visual inspection alone?: introduction of an enhanced visual grading system and validation using metrology

AIMS: Taper corrosion has been widely reported to be problematic for modular total hip arthroplasty implants. A simple and systematic method to evaluate taper damage with sufficient resolution is needed. We introduce a semiquantitative grading system for modular femoral tapers to characterize taper...

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Autores principales: McCarty, Colin P., Nazif, Mohammad A., Sangiorgio, Sophia N., Ebramzadeh, Edward, Park, Sang-Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37051817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.123.BJR-2022-0099.R1