Case Studies in Management of THA Failure Secondary to Taper Corrosion, Modular Junctions and Metal-on-Metal Bearings

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 663-667

  Lombardi, Adolph V ^a,b,c  

^a Joint Implant Surgeons Inc   (United States)

^b MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions to metal debris; Case examples; Metal on metal; Painful total hip arthroplasty; Revision total hip arthroplasty; Taper corrosion

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; NICKEL; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEMENTLESS PROSTHESIS; CHROMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COBALT BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NICKEL BLOOD LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSEUDOTUMOR; PSOAS MUSCLE; TENDON SHEATH; TENOTOMY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADVERSE REACTIONS TO METAL DEBRIS; CASE EXAMPLES; METAL-ON-METAL; PAINFUL TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; REVISION TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; TAPER CORROSION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORROSION; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 84896524648     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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