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Clinical usefulness of blood metal measurements to assess the failure of metal-on-metal hip implants

In April 2010, a Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency safety alert concerning all metal-on-metal (MOM) hip replacements recommended measuring chromium and cobalt concentrations when managing patients with painful prostheses. The need for this review is illustrated by the recent surge...

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Autores principales: Sampson, Barry, Hart, Alister
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22155921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/acb.2011.011141