Which factors determine the wear rate of large-diameter metal-on-metal hip replacements? Multivariate analysis of two hundred and seventy-six components

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 678-685

  Hart, A J ^a   Muirhead Allwood, S ^b   Porter, M ^c   Matthies, A ^a   Ilo, K ^a   Maggiore, P ^a   Underwood, R ^d   Cann, P ^d   Cobb, J ^a   Skinner, J A ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; COBALT BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; METAL ON METAL JOINT PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HIP PROSTHESIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METAL-ON-METAL JOINT PROSTHESES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880172164     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01447     Document Type: Article

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