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Normalization of chromium and cobalt values after femoral head replacement

INTRODUCTION: Adverse reaction to metal debris (ARMD) can be caused by metal-on-metal total hip arthoplasty. We treated a case of ARMD in a 61-year-old patient by limited prosthetic revision, replacing the metal head with a polyethylene one. PRESENTATION OF CASE: Two years after metal-on-metal total...

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Autores principales: Iacobellis, Claudio, Berizzi, Antonio, Pozzuoli, Assunta, Biz, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25841157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.03.037