Adverse reaction to metal debris: Metallosis of the resurfaced hip

Current Orthopaedic Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-58

  Pritchett, James W ^a  

^a Orthopedics International   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrome cobalt; Hip resurfacing; Metallosis

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYALURONIC ACID; METAL; NICKEL; POLITEF; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; VITALLIUM;

ACETABULOPLASTY; ACETABULUM; BONE NECROSIS; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATITIS; EYE SURGERY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LIMB DISEASE; METAL IMPLANTATION; METALLOSIS; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PAIN; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SURGEON; TENDINITIS; TISSUE ADHESION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REACTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VASCULITIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84858419905     PISSN: 19407041     EISSN: 19417551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3182356075     Document Type: Review

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