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UNINA9910300338203321 |
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Titolo |
Tribology in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty [[electronic resource] ] : Potential Drawbacks and Benefits of Commonly Used Materials / / edited by Karl Knahr |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Orthopedics |
Traumatology |
Physical therapy |
Rheumatology |
Surgical Orthopedics |
Traumatic Surgery |
Physiotherapy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Clinical data on metal-ceramic-polyethylene articulations -- Basics and current trends on tribology of total knee arthroplasty -- The hype of ceramic – will it continue?- Metal-on-metal: still an option?- Improvements of polyethylene – have we reached the goal? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Wear and osteolysis are still the most important potential problems in total hip and knee arthroplasty. Although technology in arthroplasty has been improved dramatically during the past decade, the clinical data relating to some implants reveal that many concerns remain. During the “Tribology Day” within the scientific programme of the 2013 EFORT Congress in Istanbul, the main topics included these concerns as well as the benefits of the materials most commonly used in total hip |
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