Corrosion at the neck-stem junction as a cause of metal ion release and pseudotumour formation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 895-900

  Gill, I P S ^a   Webb, J ^a,b   Sloan, K ^a   Beaver, R J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC LYMPHOCYTE DOMINATED VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED LESION; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; REOPERATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM; COBALT; CORROSION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84863493719     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B7.29122     Document Type: Article

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