Failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9837, 2012, Pages 105-

  Amstutz, Harlan C ^a   Le Duff, Michel J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; MALE; NOTE; PROSTHESIS; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

METAL;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84863710484     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61168-4     Document Type: Letter

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