Complete wear-through of a metal-backed acetabular cup in an ambulatory patient

We present a rare case of a patient who presented with complete and rapid wear-through of a ceramic femoral head through a polyethylene liner and titanium acetabular cup. In addition, this patient exhibited significantly elevated serum titanium ion levels, which may serve as a marker of severe metal...

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Autores principales: Malahias, Michael-Alexander, De Martino, Ivan, Gu, Alex, Baral, Elexis, Wright, Timothy M., Sculco, Peter K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6920715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31886378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2019.09.008

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6920715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31886378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2019.09.008

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