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Cardiac cobaltism: a rare complication after bilateral metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty
- Source :
- Arthroplasty Today, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 99-102 (2015), Arthroplasty Today
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2015.
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Abstract
- This is one of the first documented cases of metal-on-metal (MoM) total hip arthroplasty cobalt cardiac toxicity that has led to patient death. A 69-year-old female presented to our institution with cardiac failure secondary to cobalt toxicity resulting from bilateral MoM total hip arthroplasty. Her presenting metal ion levels were a cobalt level of 199 ppb and a chromium level of 77 ppb. She underwent bilateral femoral revisions to remove the source of cobalt. On postoperative day 7, the patient sustained a cerebral infarct and eventually expired because of the insult. This case represents one of the first documented fatalities related to MoM cobalt cardiac toxicity.
- Subjects :
- inorganic chemicals
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Metal-on-metal (MoM)
Total hip arthroplasty (THA)
chemistry.chemical_element
Case Report
Surgery
COBALT TOXICITY
lcsh:RD701-811
chemistry
lcsh:Orthopedic surgery
Anesthesia
Cardiac toxicity
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Cardiac cobaltism
Complication
business
Cobalt
Total hip arthroplasty
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23523441
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Arthroplasty Today
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fff2c19eb4a5fc16d39756e930fca7bb