Patient Out-of-Pocket Expenses in Major Orthopedic Procedures: Total Hip Arthroplasty as a Case Study

Potential role of tartrate-resistant aci

Potential role of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP 5b) as a surrogate marker of late loosening in patients with total hip arthroplasty: A cohort study

✍ Lucia Savarino; Sofia Avnet; Michelina Greco; Armando Giunti; Nicola Baldini 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 101 KB

## Abstract In a cohort study, the role of the active tartrate‐resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP 5b), a marker of bone‐resorbing osteoclasts, for the assessment of loosening after total hip arthroplasty (THA), was analyzed, as well as its correlation with osteolysis and multinucleated cell appearan