Massive metallosis after revision of a fractured ceramic head onto a metal head

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-50

  Matziolis, Georg ^a   Perka, Carsten ^a   Disch, Alexander ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramic head fracture; Metallosis; Revision

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METALLOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; CERAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGED; CERAMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0038005468     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-002-0449-9     Document Type: Article

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