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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Published in:J Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Birkett, Nicholas, El-Daly, Ibraheim, Ibraheim, Hajir, Mbubaegbu, Chima
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577831/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26395872
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv122
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