Infection or metal hypersensitivity? The diagnostic challenge of failure in metal-on-metal bearings

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Galbraith, John G ^a   Butler, Joseph S ^a   Browne, Tara Jane ^b   Mulcahy, David ^a   Harty, James A ^a  

^a St Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Metal hypersensitivity; Metal on metal bearings; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959776468     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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