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    Bone cement adhesion on ceramic surfaces—Surface activation of retention surfaces of knee endoprostheses by atmospheric pressure plasma vs. thermal surface treatment

    CoCrMo alloys are contraindicated for allergy sufferers. For these patients, uncemented and cemented prostheses made of titanium alloy are indicated. Knee prostheses machined from that alloy, however, may have...

    B. Marx, C. Marx, R. Marx, U. Reisgen, D. C. Wirtz in Journal of Advanced Ceramics (2016)

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    Improved mechanical long-term reliability of hip resurfacing prostheses by using silicon nitride

    Although ceramic prostheses have been successfully used in conventional total hip arthroplasty (THA) for many decades, ceramic materials have not yet been applied for hip resurfacing (HR) surgeries. The object...

    Wen Zhang, M. Titze, B. Cappi, D. C. Wirtz… in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2010)