A retrospective comparative study of mortality and causes of death among patients with metal-on-metal and metal-on-polyethylene total hip prostheses in primary osteoarthritis after a long-term follow-up

BACKGROUND: All patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA), especially those with metal-on-metal (MM) THA, are exposed to metallic particles and ions, which may cause total or site-specific mortality. We analyzed the causes of total and site-specific mortality among a cohort of patients with MM and...

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Autores principales: Visuri, Tuomo, Borg, Håkan, Pulkkinen, Pekka, Paavolainen, Pekka, Pukkala, Eero
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20416065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-78

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