METAL ION RELEASE ACCORDING TO LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCY IN CERAMIC-ON-METAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY.

Young Ho Roh Taehan Kang Chaemoon Lim Kwang Woo Nam

Published in: Acta ortopedica brasileira (2023)

In patients underwent THA with CoM bearings, large LLD have a higher risk of complications associated to metal ions. Therefore, it is critical to reduce the LLD to 1 cm or less in using CoM bearing. Level of Evidence III; Case Control Study.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
risk factors
prognostic factors
quantum dots