Peripheral neuropathy after hip replacement failure: is vanadium the culprit?

Lancet. 2012 Apr 28;379(9826):1676. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60273-6. Epub 2012 Apr 26.

Authors

Biagio Moretti¹, Vito Pesce, Giuseppe Maccagnano, Giovanni Vicenti, Piero Lovreglio, Leonardo Soleo, Pietro Apostoli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organ, Unit of Orthopaedics and Traumatology II, Bari, Italy.

PMID: 22541583
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60273-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / adverse effects*
Biocompatible Materials / adverse effects*
Hip Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation
Vanadium / adverse effects*

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Vanadium