The bubble sign: A new radiographic sign in total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-112

  Su, Edwin P ^a   Callander, Peter W ^b   Salvati, Eduardo A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b SportsMed Orthopaedic Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallic debris; Metallosis; Modularity; Total hip arthroplasty (THA)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 12244264176     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2003.50007     Document Type: Article

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