What happens to serum metal ion levels after a metal-on-metal bearing is removed?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 8 SUPPL, 2013, Pages 53-55

  Ball, Scott T ^a   Severns, Dustyn ^a   Linn, Michael ^a   Meyer, R Scott ^a,b   Swenson, F Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Cobalt; Metal ions; Metal on metal; Revision total hip

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ARTICLE; CHROMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL IMPLANTATION; METAL ON METAL JOINT PROSTHESIS; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL IONS; METAL-ON-METAL; REVISION TOTAL HIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884135913     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.06.040     Document Type: Article

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