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Nicotine consumption may lead to aseptic loosening in proximal mega-prosthetic femoral replacement

BACKGROUND: Aseptic loosening after total hip arthroplasty is likely related to nicotine ingestion. However, aseptic loosening as a direct consequence of smoking habits has not been described with regard to proximal mega-prosthetic femoral replacement. The aim of the present study was to evaluate th...

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Autores principales: Leute, Philip J. F., Hoffmann, Isabel, Hammad, Ahmed, Lakemeier, Stefan, Klinger, Hans-Michael, Baums, Mike H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27535061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-016-0426-7