Catastrophic failure of 4 cobalt-alloy Omnifit hip arthroplasty femoral components

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-21

  Lam, Li On ^a   Stoffel, Karl ^a   Kop, Alan ^b   Swarts, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MATERIALS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39449102208     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710014707     Document Type: Article

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