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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 100-B, Issue SUPP_13 | Pages 21 - 21
1 Oct 2018
Amstutz H Duff ML
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Introduction

Because of concerns regarding excessive wear and short-term failures attributed to the metal-on-metal bearings, the use of metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty (MOMHRA) has been greatly reduced since 2008, despite great mid-term results for well-designed implants and in certain patient populations. The true cause of excessive wear was then unknown. Therefore, identification of true risk factors for the procedure became paramount to refine indications and improve survivorship outcomes.

Methods

Over the last 10 years, a systematic search of the US national library of Medicine and National institutes of health with the key words “metal-on-metal” and hip resurfacing” was conducted and returned 2186 items. Of these items, 862 were deemed relevant to our research purposes and entered in our center's reference database from which this review was performed.