Predictivity and fate of metal ion release from metal-on-metal total hip prostheses.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
Blood metal ion levels in 72 patients with large head metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty were studied to determine the correlation between the values measured in whole blood and urine. Urinary cobalt and chromium levels of 30μg and 21μg, respectively, adjusted to creatinine were found to correspond to the 7μg/l cut-off value that has been accepted in whole blood. Cobalt and chromium levels in whole blood and urine both significantly correlated with increased acetabular component inclination angle over 50 degrees and pain scores. There was no correlation with socket anteversion angle or femoral head diameter. The data support the use of urinary measurement of metal ions adjusted to creatinine to monitor patients with large head metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Chromium
- Cobalt
- Hip Prosthesis
- Metal-on-Metal Joint Prostheses
Anatomy
- hip
- femur