Revisions of Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing: Lessons Learned and Improved Outcome

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-269

  De Smet, Koen A ^a   Van Der Straeten, Catherine ^b   Van Orsouw, Maarten ^a   Doubi, Rachid ^a   Backers, Katrien ^a   Grammatopoulos, George ^c  

^a ANCA Medical Center   (Belgium)

^b Independent Consultant Clinical Research   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip resurfacing; Metal ions; Outcome; Revision hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

METAL ION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP RESURFACING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; METAL IMPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS DISLOCATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS MALPOSITIONING; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP DISLOCATION, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952786261     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2011.01.003     Document Type: Review

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