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Has Metal-On-Metal Resurfacing Been a Cost-Effective Intervention for Health Care Providers?—A Registry Based Study

BACKGROUND: Total hip replacement for end stage arthritis of the hip is currently the most common elective surgical procedure. In 2007 about 7.5% of UK implants were metal-on-metal joint resurfacing (MoM RS) procedures. Due to poor revision performance and concerns about metal debris, the use of RS...

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Autores principales: Pulikottil-Jacob, Ruth, Connock, Martin, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Mistry, Hema, Grove, Amy, Freeman, Karoline, Costa, Matthew, Sutcliffe, Paul, Clarke, Aileen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5089767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27802289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165021