Metal-on-metal hip prostheses and systemic health: a cross-sectional association study 8 years after implantation.

There is public concern over the long term systemic health effects of metal released from hip replacement prostheses that use large-diameter metal-on-metal bearings. However, to date there has been no systematic study to determine which organs may be at risk, or the magnitude of any effect. We under...

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Autores principales: Jennifer R Prentice, Matthew J Clark, Nigel Hoggard, Allison C Morton, Claire Tooth, Martyn N Paley, Ian Stockley, Marios Hadjivassiliou, J Mark Wilkinson
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/27c3d64099934784b91e1ba53bd28f85
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