Serum levels of cobalt and chromium in a complex modular total hip arthroplasty system

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 893-895

  Harding, I ^a   Bonomo, A ^a   Crawford, R ^a   Psychoyios, V ^a   Delves, T ^b   Murray, D ^a   McLardy Smith, P ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Corrosion; Fracture; Hip; Metal ions; Periprosthetic

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0036787573     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2002.34539     Document Type: Article

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