Metal release in patients who have had a primary total hip arthroplasty: A prospective, controlled, longitudinal study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1447-1458

  Jacobs, Joshua J ^a   Skipor, Anastasia K ^a   Patterson, Leslie M ^a   Hallab, Nadim J ^a   Paprosky, Wayne G ^a   Black, Jonathan ^b   Galante, Jorge O ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IMN Biomaterials   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOXICOKINETICS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031727764     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199810000-00006     Document Type: Article

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