Autopsy Analysis Thirty Years After Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Replacement: A Case Report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2218-2222

  Campbell, Pat ^a   Urban, Robert M ^b   Catelas, Isabelle ^a   Skipor, Anastasia K ^b   Schmalzried, Thomas P ^c  

^a JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Joint Replacement Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242490769     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200311000-00027     Document Type: Article

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