Serious metallosis of a metal head due to fragmented ceramic screws in a cemented THA

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 192-196

  Miki, Hidenobu ^a   Sugano, Nobuhiko ^a   Yamamura, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Nobuo ^b   Nishii, Takashi ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kyowakai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Ceramic; Hip; Metallosis; Revision

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REOPERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

BONE SCREWS; CERAMICS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33645230043     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0112-y     Document Type: Article

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