Corrosion at the head-neck taper as a cause for adverse local tissue reactions after total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1655-1661

  Cooper, H John ^a   Della Valle, Craig J ^a   Berger, Richard A ^a   Tetreault, Matthew ^a   Paprosky, Wayne G ^a   Sporer, Scott M ^a   Jacobs, Joshua J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REACTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84867555929     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01352     Document Type: Article

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