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Table 4 Preoperative serum cobalt and serum chromium levels in patients with unilateral or bilateral arthroplasties in the Dual-Modular Neck or Metal-on-Metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty (THA) groups

From: Implant based differences in adverse local tissue reaction in failed total hip arthroplasties: a morphological and immunohistochemical study

 

Dual-Modular Neck THA

MoM THA

P value

Serum Cobalt (ng/mL)

   

  Unilateral (N = 43, N = 6)

7.5 (5.6)

29.0 (54.4)

0.581

  Bilateral (N = 3, N = 5)

16.8 (1.5)

23.8 (21.2)

1.0

Serum Chromium (ng/mL)

   

  Unilateral (N = 43, N = 6)

1.2 (1.4)

11.0 (16.4)

0.004*

  Bilateral (N = 3, N = 5)

2.9 (1.5)

14.6 (14.2)

0.142

  1. Data represented as mean (standard deviation) for all values.
  2. Preoperative Serum Ion Levels in the Dual-Modular Neck and MoM THA Groups.
  3. *statistically significant at p < 0.05 for Dual-Modular Neck versus MoM THA.
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