Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing: America, where are you?

Orthopedics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 795-796

  McLardy Smith, Peter ^a   Steffen, Robert T ^a   Pandit, Hemant ^a   Murray, David W ^a   Gill, Harinderjit S ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE NECROSIS; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRICTION; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; METALLURGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33749145411     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20060901-11     Document Type: Article

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