Metal release and metal allergy after total hip replacement with resurfacing versus conventional hybrid prosthesis

5-year follow-up of 52 patients

Klas GustafsonDepartment of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]

Stig S JakobsenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital

Nina D LorenzenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital

Jacob P ThyssenNational Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte University Hospital Copenhagen

Jeanne D JohansenNational Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte University Hospital Copenhagen

Charlotte M BonefeldDepartment of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Maiken StillingDepartment of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital

Thomas Baad-HansenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital

Kjeld SøballeDepartment of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital