Ban on Metal-on-Metal Hips Urged (Walter Eisner @ OTW)
Surgeons should stop using metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacements.
That's the conclusion of a study published on March 13 in the journal Lancet and paid for by the National Joint Registry of England and Wales, the largest joint registry in the world.
An analysis of 400,000 hip replacements between 2003 and 2011 showed that about 6% of patients with MoM hips needed revision surgery after five years. Patients with ceramic or plastic joints only needed 1.7 to 2.3% revision surgery. The rate was particularly high with larger-head implants and t...
