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Method for the location of primary wear scars from retrieved metal on metal hip replacements

BACKGROUND: Retrieved metal-on-metal acetabular cups are valuable resources in investigating the wear behaviour of failed hip implants, but adequate methods to do so are lacking. To further contribute to addressing this issue, we developed a method to detect the in vivo location of the primary wear...

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Autores principales: Govind, Garima, Henckel, Johann, Hothi, Harry, Sabah, Shiraz, Skinner, John, Hart, Alister
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26223255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0622-2