Pseudotumor in ceramic-on-metal total hip arthroplasty

The increasing demand for total hip arthroplasty (THA) in relatively young, high-demand patients has led to the use of hard-on-hard bearing surfaces. Adverse local tissue reaction/pseudotumor and elevated serum metal ion levels are commonly reported complications encountered in metal-on-metal THA, w...

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Main Authors: Yoni M. Blau, MD, Andrew J. Meyers, MD, MS, Mauro Giordani, MD, John P. Meehan, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344117301231