Clinical Results and Serum Metal Ion Concentrations following Ceramic-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty at a Mean Follow-Up of 60 Months

Table 1

Results of clinical and radiological assessment, as well as serum metal ion determination.

	mean	median	min	max
CoM ( patients)
Co (μg/L)	3,1	1,1	0,3	15,2
Cr (μg/L)	1,6	0,9	0,1	5,5
Creatinine (μg/dL)	0,9	0,9	0,5	1,7
CRP (mg/dL)	4,6	3,5	0,7	19,5
Cup inclination (°)	43	42	35	61
Cup anteversion (°)	11	11	6	16
Arc of cover (mm)	14,3	14,7	9,3	16,8
HHS	81	88	37	99
WOMAC	44	23	0	136
Controls ( patients)
Co (μg/L)	0,01	0,00	0,00	0,03
Cr (μg/L)	0,03	0,02	0,01	0,05