Category Archives: Metal Ions/Pseudotumors
Analysis of Wear of Retrieved Implants 2010
Analysis of wear of retrieved metal-on-metal hip resurfacing implants revised due to pseudotumours March 2010 Link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20190305 Kwon YM, Glyn-Jones S, Simpson DJ, Kamali A, McLardy-Smith P, Gill HS, Murray DW. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. kwan.youngmin@mgh.harvard.eduThe presence of pseudotumours, which are soft-tissue masses relating to the hip, after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty has been associated with elevated levels of metal ions in serum, suggesting |
No Link between metal hip implants and cancer study 2012
Click below to read full study By Debra Sherman Sep 14, 2012 (Reuters) – All-metal hip implants, which have been shown to have high failure rates and cause a host of other health problems, were not linked to cancer seven years after implantation, new data show. Concerns have grown in the medical community that the so-called metal-on-metal hip implants shed metal particles through wear on their ball-and-socket structure. Many patients who have received the devices |
Dr. Gross responds to the controversy regarding adverse wear in metal-metal bearings 2010
The controversy regarding adverse wear in metal-metal bearings Thomas P. Gross, MD 3/5/2010 I have used over 3000 metal bearings in primary total hip and hip resurfacing as well as revision surgery. I have revised 2 for adverse wear 7 years after implantation. I know that most other high volume hip resurfacing surgeons have a similar experience. The revisions were straightforward and the patient enjoyed the same rapid and complete recovery as if she had |