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Informa Healthcare, Acta Orthopaedica, 6(80), p. 653-659, 2009

DOI: 10.3109/17453670903473016

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Necrotic and inflammatory changes in metal-on-metal resurfacing hip arthroplasties

Journal article published in 2009 by Gayana Mahendra, Hemant Pandit, Karolina Kliskey, David Murray, Harinderjit Singh Gill ORCID, Nick Athanasou
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Abstract

Background Necrosis and inflammation in peri-implant soft tissues have been described in failed second-generation metal-on-metal (MoM) resurfacing hip arthroplasties and in the pseudotumors associated with these implants. The precise frequency and significance of these tissue changes is unknown.