Patterns of Risk of Cancer in Patients with Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements versus Other Bearing Surface Types: A Record Linkage Study between a Prospective Joint Registry and General Practice Electronic Health Records in England

BACKGROUND: There are concerns that metal-on-metal hip implants may cause cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate patterns and timing of risk of cancer in patients with metal-on-metal total hip replacements (THR). METHODS: In a linkage study between the English National Joint Registry (N...

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Autores principales: Lalmohamed, Arief, MacGregor, Alexander J., de Vries, Frank, Leufkens, Hubertus G. M., van Staa, Tjeerd P.
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/PMC3701644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065891

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065891

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