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Fig. 6 | Arthroplasty

Fig. 6

From: Horror of three synergistic factors in THA: high mechanical stress, dissimilar metals, low elasticity stem: a case report

Fig. 6

Photographs of extracted specimens and distribution of cobalt or chromium in the joint capsule. A Anterior capsule. White dotted line shows the slice levels in panels B–D. B Slice of the anterior capsule. C Serial section from tissue in B (hematoxylin-eosin, × 40). D Semi-quantitative laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry images. Left panels: quantitative images of cobalt or chromium. Middle panels: images of copper distribution inside the joint capsule as a position reference. Right panels: merged images of cobalt or chromium and copper distributions

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