prerevision

If prerevision details that included metal ion levels and/or imaging findings were described in single patients in the results section, the use of screening was considered lacking unless there was a protocol rationale in methods section that described the use of these screening methods, i.e., patients with a complaint underwent an MRI scan.

2016 March 2, “Prevalence of Failure due to Adverse Reaction to Metal Debris in Modern, Medium and Large Diameter Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements – The Effect of Novel Screening Methods: Systematic Review and Metaregression Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI