METAL-ON-METAL HIPS DO NOT RAISE CANCER RISK IN FINLAND (Orthopedics This Week)
Metal-on-metal hip implants do not raise the risk of developing cancer.
At least if you live in Finland, according to a recent study published in the February 2014 edition of the medical journal, Acta Orthopaedica,
A cohort of 10,728 metal-on-metal hip replacement patients and a reference cohort of 18,235 conventional total hip replacement patients were extracted from the Finnish Arthroplasty Register for the years 2001–2010. Data on incident cancer cases and causes of death until 2011 were obtained from the Finnis...