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Metallosis following full thickness wear in total hip arthroplasty

Extreme wear through the metal-backed acetabular cup following total hip arthroplasty is rare, as symptoms such as pain and disability will usually manifest earlier. We present the second reported case of extreme wear in a 78-year-old male patient, who presented 20 years following an uncemented tota...

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Autores principales: Birkett, Nicholas, El-Daly, Ibraheim, Ibraheim, Hajir, Mbubaegbu, Chima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26395872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv122