Cancer risk is not increased after conventional hip arthroplasty: A nationwide study from the Finnish Arthroplasty Register with follow-up of 24,636 patients for a mean of 13 years

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Wear debris from conventional total hip arthroplasty (THA) induces chromosomal aberrations and DNA damage, which may promote cancerogenesis. A long latent period is required for solid tumors. We therefore re-analyzed a large THA cohort for cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We upd...

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Autores principales: Visuri, Tuomo, Pulkkinen, Pekka, Paavolainen, Pekka, Pukkala, Eero
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20178446
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453671003667150

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20178446
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453671003667150

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