Metal concentrations in the serum and hair of patients with titanium alloy spinal implants

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1320-1326

  Kasai, Yuichi ^a   Iida, Ryu ^b   Uchida, Atsumasa ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Corrosion; Metal ions; Metallosis; Spinal instrumentation; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; METAL; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

EID: 0038046347     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200306150-00018     Document Type: Article

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