Plastic Outwears Metal in Joints (Biloine Young @ OTW)
An analysis of the rate of hip joint replacements by the National Joint Registry of England and Wales found that metal hip replacements are more likely to be replaced than are plastic ones. According to an Associated Press account of the report, almost 14% of patients who got an all-metal hip replacement had to have the prosthesis removed or replaced after seven years.
Just 3% of the patients who had a plastic joint needed a replacement within the same period of time. The average age of patients who received the hip replaceme...
