Complications After Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-230

  Amstutz, Harlan C ^a   Le Duff, Michel J ^a   Campbell, Patricia A ^b   Wisk, Lauren E ^c   Takamura, Karren M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Complications; Hip resurfacing; Metal on metal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; WARFARIN;

ASEPTIC NECROSIS; BONE DENSITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; METAL IMPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE REACTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CEMENTATION; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REOPERATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79952783416     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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