The Influence of the Alloy of Megaprostheses on Infection Rate

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 916-920

  Gosheger, Georg ^a,b   Goetze, Christian ^a,b   Hardes, Jendrik ^a,b   Joosten, Uwe ^a,b   Winkelmann, Winfried ^a,b   von Eiff, Christof ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MarienHospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

Author keywords

cobalt chrome; infection; megaprosthesis; titanium; tumor endoprosthesis

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHONDROSARCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLYBDENUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

EID: 49549115500     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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