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Acta Orthopaedica Volume 82, 2011 - Issue 3
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Research Article

Silent soft tissue pathology is common with a modern metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty

Early detection with routine metal artifact-reduction MRI scanning

Henry Wynn-JonesThe Centre for Hip Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, LancashireCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rory MacnairDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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James WimhurstDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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Nish ChirodianDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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Brian DerbyshireThe Centre for Hip Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, Lancashire
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Andoni TomsDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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John CahirDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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Pages 301-307 | Received 06 Jun 2010, Accepted 16 Dec 2010, Published online: 19 Apr 2011

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