Lancet study reveals high failure rate in stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements
Published date : 03 April 2012
Article date : 03 April 2012
A new Lancet study provides analysis of hip replacement failure rates in relation to prosthesis head size, using data collected from National Joint Registry of England and Wales records of primary hip replacements undertaken between 2003 and 2011. The study, based on an analysis of 402 051 primary hip replacements (31 171 of which stemmed metal-on-metal) concludes that stemmed metal-on-metal THRs fail at high rates, with larger heads failing earlier.
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