Metal-on-Metal vs Conventional Total Hip Arthroplasty. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1844-1849

  Voleti, Pramod B ^a   Baldwin, Keith D ^a   Lee, Gwo Chin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative bearing surfaces; Complication rates; Functional outcomes; Metal on metal; Radiographic outcomes; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEARING SURFACE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; METAL ON METAL TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; METAL ON POLYETHYLENE TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; METALS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869087130     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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