Good function but very high concentrations of cobalt and chromium ions in blood 37 years after metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasy

Medical Devices: Evidence and Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-32

  Wretenberg, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hip prosthesis; Metal ions

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; HIP PROSTHESES; METAL IONS;

CASE REPORTS; CHROMIUM IONS; METAL-ON-METAL; METAL-ON-METAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

BLOOD;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; X RAY;

EID: 77953408895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/mder.s4256     Document Type: Article

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