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Patients were followed annually unless symptoms presented earlier. Symptomatic patients were investigated with ultrasound scan and joint aspiration. The clinical course of all 278 patients with \u2018no pain\u2019 or \u2018slight\/occasional\u2019 pain and a Harris Hip Score greater than or equal to 95 at the time of venesection were documented. A retrospective analysis was subsequently conducted using mixed effect modelling to investigate the temporal pattern of blood Co levels in the patients and survival analysis to investigate the potential role of case demographics and blood Co levels as risk factors for subsequent failure secondary to ARMD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Blood Co concentration was a positive and significant risk factor (z=8.44, p=2\u00d710\n                      <jats:sup>\u201316<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) for joint failure, as was the device, where the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing posed a significantly reduced risk for revision by 89% (z=\u22123.445, p=0.00005 (95% CI on risk 62 to 97)). Analysis using Cox-proportional hazards models indicated that men had a 66% lower risk of joint failure than women (z=\u22122.29419, p=0.0218, (95% CI on risk reduction 23 to 89)).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results suggest that elevated blood metal ion concentrations are associated with early failure of MoM devices secondary to adverse reactions to metal debris. Co concentrations greater than 20\u2005\u00b5g\/l are frequently associated with metal staining of tissues and the development of osteolysis. Development of soft tissue damage appears to be more complex with females and patients with ASR devices seemingly more at risk when exposed to equivalent doses of metal debris.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2012-001541","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,3,12]],"date-time":"2013-03-12T20:19:08Z","timestamp":1363119548000},"page":"e001541","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":76,"title":["The clinical implications of elevated blood metal ion concentrations in asymptomatic patients with MoM hip resurfacings: a cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"David J","family":"Langton","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raghavendra P","family":"Sidaginamale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas J","family":"Joyce","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shonali","family":"Natu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Blain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Robert Drysdale","family":"Jefferson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Rushton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antoni V F","family":"Nargol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Replacment Unit, University Hospital of North Tees, Middlesbrough, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,3,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121513090280000_3.3.e001541.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"McMinn D Treacy R Lin K . 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