Early metallosis-related failure after total knee replacement: A report of 15 cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-209

  Willis Owen, C A ^a   Keene, G C ^a   Oakeshott, R D ^a  

^a Sportsmed SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METALLOSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REOPERATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 79551585882     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B2.25150     Document Type: Article

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