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Can Metal-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty induce Hypersensitivity reactions?

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Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty

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Metal/metal articulations made from Cobalt-Chromium-Molybdenum (CoCrMo) alloys have been re-introduced more than 15 years ago. The Clinical mid term outcomes as well as the in vitro-testing results are very encouraging. Since the mid nineties of the last century lymphocytic infiltrations in the retrieval tissues around metal/metal arthroplasties have been observed. This phenomenon occurs at a low incidence around different metal systems.

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Lohmann, C. (2005). Can Metal-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty induce Hypersensitivity reactions?. In: Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty. Ceramics in Orthopaedics. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7985-1540-9_5

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