Cobalt and chromium levels in blood and urine following hip resurfacing arthroplasty with the conserve plus implant

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 107-117

  Kim, Paul R ^a   Beaulé, Paul E ^a   Dunbar, Michael ^b   Lee, Joshua K L ^a   Birkett, Nicholas ^c   Turner, Michelle C ^c   Yenugadhati, Nagarajkumar ^c   Armstrong, Vic ^c   Krewski, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESURFACING HIP ARTHROPLASTY; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 80052916797     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01721     Document Type: Article

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