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SUBMITTER: Ando W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4601987 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ando Wataru W Yamamoto Kengo K Atsumi Takashi T Tamaoki Satoshi S Oinuma Kazuhiro K Shiratsuchi Hideaki H Tokunaga Hirohiko H Inaba Yutaka Y Kobayashi Naomi N Aihara Masaharu M Ohzono Kenji K
Journal of orthopaedics 20150610 4
<h4>Backgrounds/aims</h4>We prospectively studied 78 prostheses with conventional femoral head and 86 prostheses with large head (Magnum) of metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty (MoM THA) with two years follow-up.<h4>Methods</h4>Clinical outcomes and blood metal ion were evaluated.<h4>Results</h4>There were no significant differences of clinical outcomes between groups. 1.17 ± 1.01 μg/L of blood cobalt ion in Magnum was significantly lower than 1.99 ± 2.34 μg/L in conventional group. No disloca ...[more]