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Metal-on-metal resurfacing arthroplasty: no way under the sun!--in the affirmative
1The Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, 5601 Loch Raven Boulevard, POB G-1, Baltimore, MD 21239, USA.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|July 2, 2005
Abstract:
I have been charged in this debate format to refute the idea suggested in the title. To do this, I will address 2 questions: (1) What problem does it solve? and (2) What risk does it pose? The answers to these questions will support my conclusion that metal-on-metal resurfacing arthroplasty is the wrong operation to be making a reappearance at this time.

