SEM and chemical micro-analysis in a failed total knee prosthesis.
Authors performed SEM and EDS analyses in a cemented removed knee prosthesis demonstrating the average values of mineral elements in the bone surrounding the prosthesis. The composition of the metallic prosthesis surface in different microareas was also studied.
Mongiorgi
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Department of Mineralogical Science, Bologna University.
Moroni
A
A
Bertocchi
G
G
Maggi
G
G
Rollo
G
G
Gnudi
S
S
Ponziani
L
L
D000497:Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D002857:Chromium / Q000737:chemistry; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D017886:Durapatite; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000737:chemistry; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
D000497:Alloys; D001843:Bone Cements; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D002857:Chromium; D003035:Cobalt; D017886:Durapatite