A prospective study on cancer risk after total hip replacements for 41,402 patients linked to the Cancer registry of Norway.
Eva DybvikOve FurnesLeif I HavelinSophie D FossåClement TrovikStein Atle LiePublished in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2020)
THR patients had no increased risk for cancer compared to the general population. We found, however, that receiving an uncemented THR was associated with a small increased risk for cancer compared to cemented THR in males, but that this may be prone to unmeasured confounding.