Study raises questions about new Joint Implants

Study Raises Questions About New Joint Implants (MedPageToday)
Innovations to devices used in joint replacement have been introduced without sufficient evidence that they are any better than existing implants, a systematic review suggested.
In fact, for one type of new device technology, hip replacements with modular femoral necks, the cumulative rates of revision surgery at 5 and 10 years were 7.4% and 10.8%, compared with rates of 3.7% and 6.4% for conventional prostheses with nonmodular necks, according to Art Sedrakyan, MD, PhD, of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, and collea...