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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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Informa Healthcare
2010
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| 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 |