Volumetric wear assessment of failed metal-on-metal hip resurfacing prostheses
✍ Scribed by J.K. Lord; D.J. Langton; A.V.F. Nargol; T.J. Joyce
- Book ID
- 113952433
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 827 KB
- Volume
- 272
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-1648
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