Increased blood cobalt and chromium after total hip replacement. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1999;37(7):839–44.Schaffer A. W., Pilger A., Engelhardt C., Zweymuller K., Ruediger H. W. Increased Blood Cobalt and Chromium After Total Hip Replacement. Clinical Toxicology, 37:839–844, 1999....
This is why it’s important to know what kind metal on metal hip replacement you have, and to ask your doctor if you should get regular blood tests for metal ion levels. Why is Blood Testing Critical? Cobalt and chromium blood testing is critical, even if you don’t have any symptoms ...
Background and purpose - Whole blood (WB) cobalt (Co) and chromium (Cr) ion levels have a major role in the follow-up of metal-on-metal total hip replacement (MoM THR). We investigated, first, if there was a change in WB Co or Cr levels over repeated measurements in patients with ...
Cobalt and chromium, like iron, also affect magnetism and are proposed MR contrast agents. We describe a case of a 44-year-old male with a failed hip implant and very elevated blood cobalt and chromium levels. Despite normal cardiac MR findings, liver T2* and R2 values were abnormal, ...
We evaluated the concentrations of chromium and cobalt ions in blood after metal-on-metal surface replacement arthroplasty using a wrought-forged, high carbon content chromium-cobalt alloy implant in 64 patients. At one year, mean whole blood ion levels were 1.61 microg/L (0.4 to 5.5) for chr...
Cobalt blood levels after total hip replacement (THR): A new follow-up study in Trieste (Italy) Cobalt and chromium release in patients undergone a metal-on-metal total hip replacement (THR) is a matter recently discussed and whose we do not have enou... G Adami,D Smarrelli,B Martinelli...
PURPOSE: The influence of chronic renal failure on serum cobalt and serum chromium in two patients with metal-on-metal bearing (Metasul) and cementless total hip arthroplasty (Alloclassic) is investigated. METHODS: Serum cobalt and serum chronium levels were determined in the postoperative course us...
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One method of treating ASR Hip Replacement patients with high levels of chromium and cobalt in their blood ischelation therapy. The process involves the administration of chelating agents—the most common of which is ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)—to remove the poisonous metals from the body...
Dr. Susan Currie, a reader in SIPBS, is leading the research. She said, "Hip replacements are the current treatment for advanced cases of arthritis. However, there is now very strong evidence of a link between hip replacements where metals such as cobalt and chromium are used in the artifi...