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...
