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Risk of cancer with metal-on-metal hip replacements: population based study

Objective To assess the risk of cancer associated with modern primary metal-on-metal hip replacements. Design Population based study. Setting Nationwide retrospective comparative register. Participants 10 728 patients who underwent metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty and 18 235 patients who underw...

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Autores principales: Mäkelä, Keijo T, Visuri, Tuomo, Pulkkinen, Pekka, Eskelinen, Antti, Remes, Ville, Virolainen, Petri, Junnila, Mika, Pukkala, Eero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22833626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e4646

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