tantalum/inflammation

Worldwide the number of patients requiring treatment for osteoarthritis is increasing (Kurtz et al. 2007). Especially the young population will increase within the group of patients for arthroplasty (Kurtz et. al. 2009). Learmonth describes hip arthroplasty as the "operation of the century" because

Material Patients The study will be conducted according to GCP, (Good Clinical Practice). Potential clinical study participants will be identified from the THR waiting list of Umeå University Hospital. The enrolment process will involve a review of the patient history from the medical records in

As secondary objectives, the study aims: - to establish the norms of concentrations of free TE and nanoparticles for some forty of elements (in particular Chrome, Cobalt, Nickel, Titanium, Tantalum, Zirconium, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Mercury, Molybdenum, Strontium ...) in different materials (blood,

The Elderly Hip Patient The proportion of elderly in the Danish population is increasing and their and functional level is generally good, despite other health problems, which intensifies the demand for a primary definitive (one-stage) and safe surgical treatment in case of osteoarthritis or

Corail-SP study. A prospective randomized study to compare the quality of treatment between cemented versus uncemented hydroxyapatite coated femoral stems in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) in patients who suffers from dislocated femoral neck fractures. Femoral neck fractures often occurs among the