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Ceramic Heads Decrease Metal Release Caused by Head-taper Fretting and Corrosion

BACKGROUND: Metal release resulting from taper fretting and corrosion is a clinical concern, because wear and corrosion products may stimulate adverse local tissue reactions. Unimodular hip arthroplasties have a conical taper between the femoral head (head bore taper) and the femoral stem (stem cone...

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Autores principales: Kocagoz, Sevi B., Underwood, Richard J., MacDonald, Daniel W., Gilbert, Jeremy L., Kurtz, Steven M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-015-4683-1