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SUBMITTER: Bijukumar DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6017990 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bijukumar Divya Rani DR Segu Abhijith A Souza Júlio C M JCM Li XueJun X Barba Mark M Mercuri Louis G LG J Jacobs Joshua J Mathew Mathew Thoppil MT
Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine 20180112 3
Despite the technological improvements in orthopedic joint replacement implants, wear and corrosion products associated with the metal components of these implants may result in adverse local tissue and perhaps systemic reactions and toxicities. The current review encompasses a literature review of the local and systemic toxicity studies concerning the effect of CoCrMo wear debris released from wear and corrosion of orthopedic implants and prostheses. Release of metallic debris is mainly in the ...[more]