Necrobiosis and T-lymphocyte infiltration in retrieved aseptically loosened metal-on-polyethylene arthroplasties

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 596-601

  von Domarus, Christoph ^a   Rosenberg, Jens P ^a   Rüther, Wolfgang ^a   Zustin, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; METAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROBIOTIC DISORDERS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84856060555     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2011.625534     Document Type: Article

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