Metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty adverse local tissue reaction with intermittent unilateral vascular claudication

Osteolysis and adverse local soft-tissue reactions are well-documented complications of metal-on-metal prosthetic implants. This case report describes a 68-year-old man who presented to the clinic 10 years after staged bilateral metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty revisions with the primary compla...

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Main Authors: Alex Lencioni, MD, Byron Ellis, MD, Chase S. Dean, MD, James Lendrum, MD, Craig A. Hogan, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344119301116