Medical devices - Out of joint: The story of the ASR

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7807, 2011, Pages

  Cohen, Deborah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR SURFACE REPLACEMENT; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEVICE RECALL; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; METAL IMPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; STANDARD;

HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MEDICAL DEVICE RECALLS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 79956336424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2905     Document Type: Review

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