Overview
- Covers the basics in tribology
- Analyses in detail the use of ceramics in total hip arthroplast
- Discusses the effectiveness of new polyethylenes
- Investigates concerns regarding metal wear
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Ceramic articulations
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Polyethylene articulations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tribology in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Editors: Karl Knahr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19429-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: EFORT 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-19428-3Published: 21 July 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-19429-0Published: 21 July 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 233
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Traumatic Surgery, Rheumatology, Orthopedics