Cobalt-chromium head wear following revision hip arthroplasty performed after ceramic fracture - A case report

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 833-835

  Hasegawa, Masahiro ^a   Sudo, Akihiro ^a   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; INTOXICATION; REOPERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM; COBALT; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METAL CERAMIC ALLOYS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 33745961250     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610013088     Document Type: Article

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