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Cancer incidence and cause-specific mortality in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements in Finland: A population-based study with a mean follow-up of 4.6 (1–11) years

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Metal-on-metal hip implants have been widely used, especially in the USA, Australia, England and Wales, and Finland. We assessed risk of death and updated data on the risk of cancer related to metal-on-metal hip replacements. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cohort of 10,728 metal-on-...

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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: Informa Healthcare 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24397743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.878830