Authors' reply to Comment on Management of high concentrations of cobalt and chromium in blood due to metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty in a pregnant woman

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021 Jan;59(1):84-85. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2020.1798457. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

Authors

Francesca Grulli¹, Davide Lonati², Anna Ronchi², Francesca Perotti³, Arsenio Spinillo³, Carlo A Locatelli²

Affiliations

¹ Resident physician in Emergency Medicine University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
² Pavia Poison Control Centre - National Toxicology Information Centre - Clinical and Experimental Lab, Toxicology Unit, Maugeri Clinical and Scientific Institutes IRCCS and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

PMID: 32762587
DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2020.1798457

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
Chromium
Cobalt
Female
Hip Prosthesis* / adverse effects
Humans
Metal-on-Metal Joint Prostheses* / adverse effects
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women
Prosthesis Failure

Substances

Chromium
Cobalt