Fatal cobalt toxicity after total hip arthroplasty revision for fractured ceramic components

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Cobalt 85%
• Ceramics 77%
• Arthroplasty 68%
• Hip 59%
• Metals 19%
• Embolism 16%
• Prostheses and Implants 14%
• Polyethylene 12%
• Cardiomyopathies 10%
• Lung 8%
• Dysgeusia 8%
• Urine 7%
• Synovectomy 7%
• Hip Prosthesis 7%
• Hip Dislocation 6%
• Friction 6%
• Corrosion 6%
• Cardiogenic Shock 6%
• Synovial Fluid 6%
• Toxicology 5%
• Hearing Loss 5%
• Respiratory Insufficiency 5%
• Orthopedics 5%
• Dyspnea 4%
• Signs and Symptoms 4%
• Autopsy 4%
• Myocardium 4%
• Weight Loss 4%
• Hospital Emergency Service 4%
• Head 4%
• Joints 3%
• Thorax 3%
• Heart 3%
• Muscles 3%
• Equipment and Supplies 3%
• Pain 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Hip 100%
• Ceramic 54%
• Cardiogenic 12%
• Implant 11%
• Corrosion 4%
• Strain 4%
• Weight 3%
• Reduction 2%