Population
Patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty with loose or fixed titanium and cobalt-chromium stems
Comparison
Total hip arthroplasty vs Fixed stems (vs loose stems) and control values
Design
Other
Authors
Loading...
No systemic effects seen with metal hip stems; leaves open mechanical primacy versus ion-driven failure in larger cohorts.
Failure of metal hip stems is primarily mechanical, leading to secondary localized debris and ion elevation without systemic manifestations.
Dorr et al. (1990) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: