Elevated Titanium Levels After Revision Total Hip Caused by Previously Unreported Mechanism.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 39110769.
- Also identified by DOI 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-24-00001 and PMC identifier 11309661.
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Abstract
Metallosis from total hip arthroplasty is usually due to trunnionosis and is associated with elevated serum cobalt and chromium levels. Titanium levels usually remain normal. Here, we report two rare cases of elevated titanium levels, both with the same mechanism, which is a previously unreported cause of titanium metallosis. In these cases, contact between cables and the titanium stem were the source. Reports of isolated high titanium levels associated with total hip arthroplasty are rare. These cases illustrate a new mechanism from which this situation may arise.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Hip Prosthesis
- Prosthesis Failure
- Reoperation
- Titanium
Anatomy
- hip