Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 225-228 , December 2011

Short-term Wear Analysis and Clinical Performance of Large Ceramic Heads on Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene in Young and Active Patients

  • Morteza Meftah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Prouskeh Bruce Ebrahimpour, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Chuan He, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical School, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Amar S. Ranawat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD, Department of Orthopaedics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 E 70th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10021

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 A.S.R. is a Paid consultant, Stock options from Mako, Conformis; C.S.R. received a Royalty and Research Support from Stryker, DePuy.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2011.09.002

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 225-228 , December 2011

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