Ten-year outcome of serum metal ion levels after primary total hip arthroplasty: a concise follow-up of a previous report*.

ABSTRACT: We previously reported on the metal ion concentrations of cobalt, chromium, and titanium that were found in the serum of patients three years after they had undergone primary total hip arthroplasty as compared with the concentrations found in the serum of control patients who did not have an implant. This study is a concise update on the serum metal levels found in a cohort of these patients ten years after the time of hip implantation. Of the original seventy-five subjects, metal ion levels were available for forty patients (53%). Ten patients (hybrid group) had received a hybrid total hip replacement that consisted of a modular cobalt-alloy femoral stem with a cobalt-alloy femoral head that had been inserted with cement and a titanium acetabular socket that had been inserted without ceme

SUBMITTER: Levine BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3748974 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature