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Abigail E Tetteh1, Tabitha Derr, Michael A Kurtz

  • 1From the Implant Research Core, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A. E. Tetteh, T. Derr, Dr. M. A. Kurtz, and Dr. S. M. Kurtz); the Orthopedic Specialists of New Jersey, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey (Dr. G. R. Klein); the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr. N. S. Piuzzi); the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (Dr. A. Malkani); and the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr. M. A. Mont).

概括

链膝盖巨型假肢 (人工膝关节) 的损伤发生在金属和聚合物部件上. 轻微损伤因制造商而异,而重大损伤则没有,这表明了植入物改进的领域.