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Are PEEK-on-Ceramic Bearings an Option for Total Disc Arthroplasty? An In Vitro Tribology Study

BACKGROUND: Most contemporary total disc replacements (TDRs) use conventional orthopaedic bearing couples such as ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (polyethylene) and cobalt-chromium (CoCr). Cervical total disc replacements incorporating polyetheretherketone (PEEK) bearings (specifically PEEK-...

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Autores principales: Siskey, Ryan, Ciccarelli, Lauren, Lui, Melissa K. C., 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/PMC5052213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27677290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-5041-7