Adverse local tissue reaction arising from Corrosion at the femoral neck-body junction in a dual-taper stem with a cobalt-chromium modular neck

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 865-872

  Cooper, H John ^a   Urban, Robert M ^a   Wixson, Richard L ^b   Meneghini, R Michael ^c   Jacobs, Joshua J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; TITANIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVERSE LOCAL TISSUE REACTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT CHROMIUM ALLOY MODULAR NECK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; PROXIMAL FEMUR PROSTHESIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE REACTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; CORROSION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT; CORROSION; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TITANIUM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879738471     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01042     Document Type: Article

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