Australian registry draws attention to the best/worst performing total joint implants

AUSTRALIA IDENTIFIES BEST AND WORST PERFORMING JOINT REPLACEMENTS (Orthopedics This Week)
Every year 8,000 Australians have to get back on the operating table because of faulty joint replacements, according to national health reporter Sue Dunlevy, writing for the Melbourne Herald Sun. A study by the National Joint Replacement Registry has identified the four devices with the lower record of problems. Even when these four devices are implanted by novice surgeons, the report claims, they have the same risk of requiring revision as when an experienced surgeon implanted them.
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