The risk of developing cancer following metal-on-metal hip replacement compared with non metal-on-metal hip bearings: Findings from a prospective national registry “The National Joint Registry of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man”

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Over 1 million metal-on-metal hip replacements were implanted. Even well-functioning implants produce wear debris that can cause tissue damage, disseminate and cause DNA damage. We aimed to establish if there was an association between metal-on-metal hip replacement and the r...

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Publicado en:PLoS One
Autores principales: Hunt, Linda P., Blom, Ashley W., Matharu, Gulraj S., Porter, Martyn L., Whitehouse, Michael R.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147563/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30235326
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204356
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