Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 120-124 , September 2006

Experience in the United States with Alumina Ceramic–Ceramic Total Hip Arthroplasty

  • Stephen B. Murphy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Computer Assisted and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston, MA.
    • New England Baptist Bone and Joint Institute, Boston, MA.
    • Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Stephen B. Murphy, MD, Center for Computer Assisted and Reconstructive Surgery, 125 Parker Hill Avenue, Suite 545, 02120 Boston, MA.
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  • Timo Ecker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Computer Assisted and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston, MA.
    • New England Baptist Bone and Joint Institute, Boston, MA.
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  • Moritz Tannast, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Computer Assisted and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston, MA.
    • New England Baptist Bone and Joint Institute, Boston, MA.
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  • Benjamin Bierbaum, MD

      Affiliations

    • New England Baptist Bone and Joint Institute, Boston, MA.
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  • Jonathan Garino, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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  • James Howe, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, VT.
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  • Eric Hume, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Orthopaedic Surgeons, Camden, NJ.
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  • Richard Jones, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Specialist, Dallas, TX.
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  • Kristaps Keggi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedics Surgery, Waterbury, CT.
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  • Kenneth Kress, MD

      Affiliations

    • Resurgeons Orthopaedics, Atlanta, GA.
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  • Daniel Phillips, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Specialist, Nashville, TN.
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  • Robert Zann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Specialist, Boca Raton, FL.

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 Timo Ecker was funded by the Research Funding Awards Program of the New England Baptist Hospital Moritz Tannast received funding from of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF).Each author certifies that his institution has approved the human protocol for this investigation and that all investigations were conducted in conformity with ethical principles of research, and that informed consent was obtained.

PII: S1045-4527(06)00054-X

doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2006.09.005

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 120-124 , September 2006

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