Metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty: Causes and high incidence of early failure

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Fabi, David ^a   Levine, Brett ^b   Paprosky, Wayne ^b   Della Valle, Craig ^b   Sporer, Scott ^c   Klein, Gregg ^c   Levine, Harlan ^c   Hartzband, Mark ^c  

^a San Diego Orthopaedic Associates Medical Group   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hartzband Center for Hip and Knee Replacement   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864652138     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120621-12     Document Type: Review

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