Metal-on-metal hip prostheses: Where are we now?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7885, 2012, Pages

  Wilkinson, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COXITIS; DEVICE SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MARKETING; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; METAL ON METAL JOINT PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; METAL-ON-METAL JOINT PROSTHESES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870545666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7792     Document Type: Editorial

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