Total Hip Modular Necks – Is this the next phase of Hip Failures?

Stryker Hip Stem Recall Raises Warnings (Orthopedics This Week)
While a blue ribbon FDA panel was wrestling with problems associated with metal-on-metal hips, Stryker Corporation was voluntarily recalling its Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck stems used during hip replacement surgery. The recall was announced July 6.
Is this the next phase of hip failures?
Only July 9, OTW's Elizabeth Hofheinz reported that Ryan Nunley, M.D., an assistant professor of orthopedics at Washington University in St. Louis, said, “...the next line of metal related issues that we’re beginning to see is with modular ...


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