Metal-on-Metal Hip Prostheses and Systemic Health: A Cross-Sectional Association Study 8 Years after Implantation

There is public concern over the long term systemic health effects of metal released from hip replacement prostheses that use large-diameter metal-on-metal bearings. However, to date there has been no systematic study to determine which organs may be at risk, or the magnitude of any effect. We under...

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Autores principales: Prentice, Jennifer R., Clark, Matthew J., Hoggard, Nigel, Morton, Allison C., Tooth, Claire, Paley, Martyn N., Stockley, Ian, Hadjivassiliou, Marios, Wilkinson, J. Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066186

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3677913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066186

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