Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 94-101 , September 2006

Ceramic Materials in Total Joint Arthroplasty

  • B. Sonny Bal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to B. Sonny Bal, MD, MBA, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, MC213, DC053.00, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212.
    • ,
  • Jonathan Garino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.
    • ,
  • Michael Ries, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
    • ,
  • Mohamed N. Rahaman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Missouri–Rolla, Rolla, MO.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2006.09.002

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