Study finds elevated levels of cobalt and chromium in offspring of patients with metal-on-metal hip implants

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 21:21 in Health & Medicine

Hip replacement patients with metal-on-metal implants (both the socket and hip ball are metal) pass metal ions to their infants during pregnancy, according to a new study.

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