Latest data confirms high failure rates for metal-on-metal hip replacements
Medical Xpress - Mon 12 Mar 12Ten days after the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced that patients who have received stemmed metal-on-metal (MOM) hip replacements will need annual check-ups, ...
Latest data confirms high failure rates for metal-on-metal hip replacements, HealthCanal - Tue 13 Mar 12Metal-on-Metal Hips Need Work More Quickly (CME/CE)
MedPageToday - Mon 12 Mar 12(MedPage Today) -- Revision of total hip replacement surgery within five years was significantly more common in British patients who received metal-on-metal implants, results of a large registry ...
Study prompts call for wider ban on metal hips
Reuters Health - Tue 13 Mar 12LONDON (Reuters) - New research confirmed that all-metal artificial hips fail more often than other types, fuelling concerns about the devices and prompting a call from researchers on Tuesday ...
Study prompts call for wider ban on metal hips, Reuters - Tue 13 Mar 12Doctors urge against metal hip joints
FOXNews - Tue 13 Mar 12Experts at the world's biggest artificial joint registry said doctors should stop using metal-on-metal hip replacements, citing an analysis showing they have to be fixed or replaced more often ...
Ban metal-on-metal hip replacements, experts urge
The Guardian - Tue 13 Mar 12Research published in the Lancet finds 'unequivocal evidence' of high failure rates of implants, particularly among womenExperts are calling for controversial metal-on-metal hip implants to ...
British doctors urge against metal hip joints
AP - Tue 13 Mar 12LONDON (AP) -- British experts at the world's biggest artificial joint registry said doctors should stop using metal-on-metal hip replacements, citing an analysis showing they have to be fixed ...
Ban Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements, U.K. Researchers Assert
Health News - Tue 13 Mar 12TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) — There is “unequivocal evidence” that stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements fail at much higher rates than other types of hip implants ...
Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Have Higher Fail Rates
WebMD - Mon 12 Mar 12Data from the world's largest joint replacement registry show that troubled metal-on-metal hip implants have early failure rates that are two to four times higher than implants made with other ...
Experts Say Metal On Metal Hip Replacements Need To Be Banned
RedOrbit - Wed 14 Mar 12According to a new study published in the Lancet journal, there is unequivocal evidence of high failure rates of metal on metal hip replacements, especially in women. The data showed that on ...