Old Implants Have Edge On New (Biloine Young @ OTW)
It is back to the drawing board for new hip and knee prosthesis.
Reason? A five-year Australian study has found that the newer hip and knee replacement joints are performing no better—and sometimes worse—than the older, less expensive devices. The study concluded that 30 % of the new joints were performing worse than were the older versions.
The researchers obtained their data from a comprehensive Australian national registry database and performed an outcome analysis on all new hip and knee prostheses introduced into the market be...
