Small-head metal on metal total hip arthroplasty is associated with a high rate of complication and reoperation at mid-term follow-up
Background: Adverse reactions to metal debris are significant complications after metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty. Recently, late appearances of adverse reactions to metal debris and subsequent need for reoperations have been reported with small-diameter head metal-on-metal devices. We retrosp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-05-01
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Series: | SAGE Open Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121211014707 |