OIL RIG TESTS INFORM JOINT FAILURES (Orthopedics This Week)
What does the corrosion in the legs of oil rigs in sea water have to do with failing hip implants? Quite a lot, believe some surgeons who are using the technology developed to test oil rig corrosion to do the same thing for their hip implant patients. The team at Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom, works on patients who require more surgery after the failure of their original implant operation. But instead of merely removing and replacing the failed artificial joints, they run the retrieved implants through a series of labor...
