Revision of a tibial baseplate using a customized oxinium component in a case of suspected metal allergy A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 691-695

  Van Opstal, Nick ^a,b   Verheyden, Frank ^a  

^a Heilig Hart Hospital   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Metal allergy; Oxinium; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOY (TIAL6V4); ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLOYS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 81855216235     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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