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Midterm risk of cancer with metal-on-metal hip replacements not increased in a Finnish population

Background and purpose — Metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) have been widely used during the early 21st century. We assessed the midterm risk of cancer of patients treated with modern MoM hip implants compared with patients with non-MoM hip impla...

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Autores principales: Ekman, Elina, Laaksonen, Inari, Eskelinen, Antti, Pulkkinen, Pekka, Pukkala, Eero, Mäkelä, Keijo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29912603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2018.1487202