{"title":"Chronological changes of serum chromium levels after modern metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty.","authors":"Katsuhiko Maezawa, Masahiko Nozawa, Keiji Matsuda, Motoo Yasuma, Kaoru Mori, Fumiyo Enomoto, Seiki Ogawa, Katsuo Shitoto, Hisashi Kurosawa","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001187-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We determined changes in serum chromium concentration every 6 months up to 3 years after implantation in 44 patients (mean age 63 (49-79) years, 35 women) who underwent modern metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty (Metasul). The serum chromium levels increased between the first and second year after implantation (1 year: 1.05 (SD 0.76) microg/L, 2 years: 1.46 (SD 0.91) microg/L). A small increase was observed during the third year (1.61 (SD 1.31) microg/L). The clinical relevance of this finding is uncertain and should be determined in long-term studies on a large scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 4","pages":"422-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001187-1","citationCount":"21","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001187-1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We determined changes in serum chromium concentration every 6 months up to 3 years after implantation in 44 patients (mean age 63 (49-79) years, 35 women) who underwent modern metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty (Metasul). The serum chromium levels increased between the first and second year after implantation (1 year: 1.05 (SD 0.76) microg/L, 2 years: 1.46 (SD 0.91) microg/L). A small increase was observed during the third year (1.61 (SD 1.31) microg/L). The clinical relevance of this finding is uncertain and should be determined in long-term studies on a large scale.