Failure Modes of 433 Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: How, Why, and Wear

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Ebramzadeh, Edward ^a   Campbell, Patricia A ^a   Takamura, Karren M ^c   Lu, Zhen ^a   Sangiorgio, Sophia N ^a   Kalma, Jeremy J ^a   De Smet, Koen A ^b   Amstutz, Harlan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ANCA Medical Center   (Belgium)

^c ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Hip resurfacing; Implant retrieval; Loosening; Metal on metal; Revision; Wear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MALPOSITION; PSEUDOTUMOR; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TISSUE REACTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; METALS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952807271     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2011.01.001     Document Type: Review

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