Catastrophic failure due to aggressive metallosis 4 years after hip resurfacing in a woman in her forties - A case report

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-404

  Von Schewelov, Thord ^a   Sanzén, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE EROSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIP RESURFACING; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METAL IMPLANTATION; METALLOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMIUM; COBALT; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 77952806526     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2010.487246     Document Type: Article

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