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Corrosion and adverse tissue reaction after modular unipolar hip hemiarthroplasty

Modern unipolar hip hemiarthroplasty, commonly used for displaced femoral neck fracture, is now modular, with both a variable length cobalt-chromium adapter-sleeve and large femoral head. Patients with these modular components may develop symptomatic trunnion corrosion, with elevated serum metal lev...

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Autores principales: Moore, Brian F., Lachiewicz, Paul F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2017.01.002