Patterns of Risk of Cancer in Patients with Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements versus Other Bearing Surface Types: A Record Linkage Study between a Prospective Joint Registry and General Practice Electronic Health Records in England

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lalmohamed, Arief ^a,b   MacGregor, Alexander J ^c   de Vries, Frank ^a,d,e,f   Leufkens, Hubertus G M ^a   van Staa, Tjeerd P ^a,d,g  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL ON METAL JOINT PROSTHESIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84879816805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065891     Document Type: Article

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