Midterm risk of cancer with metal-on-metal hip replacements not increased in a Finnish population

Background and purpose — Metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) have been widely used during the early 21st century. We assessed the midterm risk of cancer of patients treated with modern MoM hip implants compared with patients with non-MoM hip impla...

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Main Authors: Elina Ekman, Inari Laaksonen, Antti Eskelinen, Pekka Pulkkinen, Eero Pukkala, Keijo Mäkelä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-09-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2018.1487202