Metal ion measurement as a diagnostic tool to identify problems with metal-on-metal hip resurfacing

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Nov:90 Suppl 4:202-8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00672.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / instrumentation
  • Chromium / analysis*
  • Chromium / blood
  • Chromium Alloys
  • Cobalt / analysis*
  • Cobalt / blood
  • Female
  • Hip Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Ions
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Reoperation
  • Synovial Fluid / chemistry

Substances

  • Chromium Alloys
  • Ions
  • Chromium
  • Cobalt