Metal-on-metal versus polyethylene in hip arthroplasty: A randomized clinical trial

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 406, Issue , 2003, Pages 282-296

  MacDonald, S J ^a,c   McCalden, R W ^a   Chess, D G ^b   Bourne, R B ^a   Rorabeck, C H ^a   Cleland, D ^a   Leung, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; URINALYSIS; WESTERN ONTARIO MACMASTER UNIVERSITY SCORE;

EID: 0037233869     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200301000-00039     Document Type: Article

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