The pathology of failed McKee-Farrar implants: correlation with modern metal-on-metal-implant failure

Munemoto, M; Grammatopoulos, G; Tanaka, Y; Gibbons, M; Athanasou, NA

Grammatopoulos, G (reprint author), Univ Oxford, NDORMS, Windmill Rd, Oxford, England.; Grammatopoulos, G (reprint author), Nuffield Orthopaed Ctr, Windmill Rd, Oxford OX3 7LD, England.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE, 2017; 28 (5):

Abstract

The McKee-Farrar (MF) prosthesis was the first widely used total hip replacement (THR) to employ a metalon-metal (MoM) articulation. These implants ha......

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