TY  - JOUR
T1  - Editorial - Identification of Orthopaedic Wear Debris
AU  - Bauer, Thomas W.
Y1  - 1996/04/01
N1  - 
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 479
EP  - 81
VL  - 78
IS  - 4
N2  - 
    In this issue of The Journal, three studies address migration of orthopaedic wear debris. The article by Benz et al. describes two patients in whom lymph nodes contained polarizable particles that were interpreted as being consistent with polyethylene wear debris. No coexisting metal particles were identified, and neither contralateral lymph nodes nor lymph nodes from patients without a joint implant were analyzed. The authors do not speculate on systemic responses but remind the reader of the potential migration of particles from implants to lymph nodes in the appropriate clinical setting.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -