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The development of whole blood titanium levels after instrumented spinal fusion – Is there a correlation between the number of fused segments and titanium levels?

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Title
The development of whole blood titanium levels after instrumented spinal fusion – Is there a correlation between the number of fused segments and titanium levels?
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, August 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2474-13-159
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Authors

Ingmar Ipach, Ralf Schäfer, Falk Mittag, Carmen Leichtle, Petra Wolf, Torsten Kluba

Abstract

Most modern spinal implants contain titanium and remain in the patient's body permanently. Local and systemic effects such as tissue necrosis, osteolysis and malignant cell transformation caused by implants have been described. Increasing tissue concentration and whole blood levels of ions are necessary before a disease caused by a contaminant develops. The aim of the present study was the measurement of whole blood titanium levels and the evaluation of a possible correlation between these changes and the number of fused segments.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 31 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 16%
Other 5 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 16%
Researcher 4 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 5 16%
Unknown 5 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 42%
Materials Science 3 10%
Chemistry 3 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 6 19%
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#20,169,675
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#3,611
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#151,858
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#49
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