A review of the biologic effects of spine implant debris: Fact from fiction

SAS Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 143-160

  Hallab, Nadim James ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hypersensitivity; Implant; Implant debris; Inflammasome; Inflammation; Metal debris; Osteolysis; Particulate; Spine; Total disc arthroplasty; Wear; Wear debris

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; METAL; POLYMER; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CORROSION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; LOW ANGLE LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MACROPHAGE; MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINE IMPLANT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 73649108611     PISSN: 19359810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esas.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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