Metal hypersensitivity in total knee arthroplasty: Revision surgery using a ceramic femoral component - A case report

Knee

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-147

  Bergschmidt, Philipp ^a   Bader, Rainer ^a   Mittelmeier, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implant materials; Knee arthroplasty; Metal hypersensitivity; Revision surgery

Indexed keywords

NICKEL SULFATE; PALLADIUM;

ADULT; ALLERGOMETRY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTHROLYSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE PAIN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; METAL IMPLANTATION; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PALLADIUM HYPERSENSITIVITY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATCH TEST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CEMENTATION; CERAMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; SKIN TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856364085     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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