Increased Mortality in Metal-on-Metal versus Non-Metal-on-Metal Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty at 10 Years and Longer Follow-Up: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There are concerns about increased mortality in patients with metal-on-metal bearings in total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Objective

To determine the mortality and the morbidity in patients with metal-on-metal articulations (MOM THA) compared to patients with non-metal-on-metal articulations (non-MOM THA) after primary total hip arthroplasty.

Data sources

Search of PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane, CINAHL, AcademicSearchPremier, ScienceDirect, Wiley and clinical trial registers through March 2015, augmented by a hand search of references from the included articles. No language restrictions were applied.

Study selection

Two reviewers screened and identified randomised controlled trials and observational studies of primary total hip arthro

SUBMITTER: Pijls BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4905643 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature