Stability Loss of the Cemented Stem of Hip Prosthesis due to Fretting Corrosion Fatigue

Aim of this project was to study the fretting behaviour of the cemented femoral stem fixation of a total hip prosthesis, trying to capture the loss of contact between the femoral stem and polymetylmethacrilate cement fixation. To have a landmark, studies were performed compared with cementless fixat...

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Main Authors: L. Capitanu, L.-L. Badita, V. Florescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kragujevac 2017-12-01
Series:Tribology in Industry
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Online Access:http://www.tribology.fink.rs/journals/2017/2017-4/2017-4-13.html