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Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing vs. Large head THA on quality of life and serum ion levels
March 2013
Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing vs. Large head THA on quality of life and serum ion levels
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A
The John Charnley Award: Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing versus large-diameter head metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty: A randomized clinical trial
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Feb;468(2):318-25. Epub 2009 Aug 21.Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
107 patients evaluated to be suitable for hip resurfacing were randomized to undergo either a hip resurfacing procedure or a total hip arthroplasty (THA) with a large head. At a mean 1.1 year follow up, both metal-on-metal hip resurfacing and metal-on-metal THA resulted in higher quality of life on all outcome measures compared to baseline. However, the level of chromium ions was significantly hig...
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