Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 161-164 , September 2006

Oxidized Zirconium in Total Joint Arthroplasty

  • Michael D. Ries, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Michael D. Ries, MD, University of Calfornia San Francisco, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU-320-West, San Francisco, CA 94143-0728.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2006.09.011

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 161-164 , September 2006

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