NICE WANTS LONGER LASTING HIPS (Orthopedics This Week)
The Brits, who first raised warnings about metal-on-metal hips, have issued a new draft guidance with stricter benchmarks for quality.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued the draft guidance on October 18, 2013. The guidance recommends that a new hip should work well in at least 95% of cases over 10 years.
NICE’s Professor Carole Longson commented, “Importantly, as we now have more information about how long artificial joints can last, we have recommended the use of prostheses with a proven lower revision rat...
