Ongoing problems with metal-on-metal hip implants

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7846, 2012, Pages

  Heneghan, Carl ^a   Langton, David ^b   Thompson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT;

CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; IMPLANT; LUNG CANCER; METAL ON METAL HIP IMPLANT; NAUSEA; NERVE INJURY; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REVIEW; SAFETY; THYROID DISEASE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VOMITING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; DEVICE APPROVAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SAFETY-BASED MEDICAL DEVICE WITHDRAWALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857859277     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1349     Document Type: Review

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