Metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1675-1683

  Malviya, Ajay ^a   Ramaskandhan, Jayasree ^a   Holland, James P ^a   Lingard, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HUMANS; METALS;

EID: 77955077184     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01426     Document Type: Review

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