Differences in metal ion release following cobalt-chromium and oxidized zirconium total knee arthroplasty

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 513-520

  Garrett, Simon ^a,b   Jacobs, Neal ^a,b   Yates, Piers ^a,c   Smith, Anne ^a,d   Wood, David ^a,e  

^a Perth Orthopaedic Institute   (Australia)

^b DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cobalt chromium; Knee arthroplasty; Metal ions; Oxidized zirconium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COBALT; ION; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NIOBIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ALUMINUM; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT; HUMANS; IONS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLYBDENUM; NIOBIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 77956634840     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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