High failure rates with a large-diameter hybrid metal-on-metal total hip replacement: Clinical, radiological and retrieval analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 608-615

  Bolland, B J R F ^a   Culliford, D J ^a   Langton, D J ^a,b   Millington, J P S ^a   Arden, N K ^a,c   Latham, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COBALT; CORROSION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955083655     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B5.26309     Document Type: Article

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