Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36820850›Full record

ReviewOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany)2023

Wear debris in metal-on-metal bearings and modular junctions : What have we learned from the last decades?

Cory Knecht, Landon Polakof, Jonathan Behrens, Stuart B Goodman

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cory KnechtDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.
Landon PolakofDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jonathan BehrensDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.
Stuart B GoodmanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA. goodbone@stanford.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal-on-metal (MoM) bearing hip arthroplasty saw increasing utilization and peaked in the 1990s and early 2000s. Although the linear and volumetric wear rate for a MoM bearings was lower than its polyethylene counterpart, metal ion particles were found to be approximately 10 × smaller and 500 × higher in quantity compared to polyethylene wear debris. Research into these articulations have demonstrated their relationship to the formation of lymphocyte-mediated adverse local tissue reactions. The work-up for metal particle-associated conditions (metallosis) includes a thorough patient history and physical examination, blood laboratory studies for metal ion concentrations, and advanced imaging studies including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The treatment of metallosis and adverse local tissue reactions ranges from close serial observation to extensive debridement and full revision of arthroplasty components, when indicated.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipHip ProsthesisMetal-on-Metal Joint ProsthesesHumansMetalsPolyethyleneMetalsPolyethyleneAdverse local tissue reactionAdverse reaction to metal debrisHip resurfacingMetallosisTotal hip arthroplasty

Identifiers

PMID36820850

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.