Aggressive wear-debris pseudotumor following total hip replacement

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-355

  Langkamer, V G ^a,b   Case, C P ^a   Watt, I ^a   Palmer, M ^a   Atkins, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PSEUDOTUMOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032973832     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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