FDA to Get Tough on All-Metal Hip Implants
Published date : 28 January 2013
Article date : 28 January 2013
Arthritis Today (US) reports that the FDA is proposing to introduce new rules that would require manufacturers of metal-on-metal hip-replacement implants to either prove their products are safe or stop selling them. A high level od early failure rates and the shedding of microscopic metal particles in the body have led to calls for stricter regulation of the devices.