Metal-on-Metal Hip Joint Prostheses: a Retrospective Case Series Investigating the Association of Systemic Toxicity with Serum Cobalt and Chromium Concentrations.
CONCLUSION: Two (6.5%) of 31 individuals referred for assessment of MoM-HP were diagnosed with systemic cobalt toxicity. However, despite a high prevalence of reported symptoms, neither symptoms nor investigation results correlated with serum cobalt or chromium concentrations.
PMID: 28900863 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Toxicology - Category: Toxicology Authors: Ho JH, Leikin JB, Dargan PI, Archer JRH, Wood DM, Brent J Tags: J Med Toxicol Source Type: research