Metal-on-metal bearings, inflammatory pseudotumours and their neurological manifestations

HIP International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Mann, Bhupinder S ^a   Whittingham Jones, Paul M ^a   Shaerf, Daniel A ^a   Nawaz, Zuhair S ^a   Harvie, Paul ^b   Hart, Alister J ^c   Skinner, John A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Cobalt; Hip; Metal; Neuropathy; Pseudotumour

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL ION;

CERAMICS; GROIN PAIN; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PAIN; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METAL ON METAL BEARING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDOTUMOR; REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMANS; METALS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 84863085582     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/HIP.2012.9185     Document Type: Review

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