No Increased Risk of Knee Arthroplasty Failure in Patients With Positive Skin Patch Testing for Metal Hypersensitivity: A Matched Cohort Study

TY - JOUR

T1 - No Increased Risk of Knee Arthroplasty Failure in Patients With Positive Skin Patch Testing for Metal Hypersensitivity: A Matched Cohort Study

AU - Bravo, Dalibel M.

AU - Wagner, Eric R.

AU - Larson, Dirk R.

AU - Davis, Mark

AU - Pagnano, Mark W

AU - Sierra, Rafael J

N1 - This study was designed to evaluate the effect of metal hypersensitivity on TKA outcomes and the role of SPT in patients before TKA. In this study, a SPT+ for metals was of little practical value in predicting the midterm outcome after TKA and cannot be strongly recommended as a method to guide the ...

PY - 2016/8

Y1 - 2016/8

UR - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26869063/

M3 - Article

VL - 31

JO - The Journal of Arthroplasty

JF - The Journal of Arthroplasty

ER -