The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , March 2009

Implant fixation in knee replacement: Preliminary in vitro comparison of ceramic and metal cemented femoral components

  • Luca Cristofolini

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
    • Engineering Faculty, University of Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy. Tel.: +39 051 6366864; fax: +39 051 6366863.
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  • Saverio Affatato

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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  • Paolo Erani

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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  • Domenico Tigani

      Affiliations

    • 7th Division, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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  • Marco Viceconti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano, 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy

Received 4 July 2008 ,Revised 21 August 2008 ,Accepted 22 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.08.006

The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , March 2009

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