JBJS, December 1, 2001, Volume 83, Issue 12

Alternative Bearing Surfaces: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

for the Committee on Biomedical Engineering and the Committee on Hip and Knee Arthritis A. Seth Greenwald, DPhil(Oxon) Jonathan P. Garino, MD

Hip

This article discusses current bearing-surface alternatives for long-term total hip articulations involving metal-polyethylene, ceramic-polyethylene, metal-metal, and ceramic-ceramic couples.

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