The genetics of osteolysis and heterotopic ossification after total hip arthroplasty

Aseptic loosening, the clinical end point of osteolysis, is the most common complication resulting in revision surgery of total hip arthroplasty (THA). It is the result of focal peri-prosthetic inflammatory bone loss at the prosthesis-host interface, and is driven by particulate wear debris generate...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacInnes, Scott
Other Authors: Wilkinson, J. Mark
Published: University of Sheffield 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.714312