Metal on Metal: Is It Worth the Risk?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Crawford, Ross ^a   Ranawat, Chitranjan S ^a   Rothman, Richard H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL; POLYETHYLENE;

BONE NECROSIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOLYSIS; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 73149090082     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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