Posted On:
September 18, 2011
Data From The UK: All Metal Hips May Be "Troublesome"
The AP (9/18) reported, "A new report from a large British registry" shows that according to data "from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales," nearly "14 percent of patients who got an all-metal replacement needed the joint removed or replaced after seven years. That compares with just three percent of patients who got a joint made of plastic and needed a replacement within the same time." A previous report "on the failure rate of one type of metal hip replacements made by a division of Johnson & Johnson led to its recall by the US Food and Drug Administration. Among patients who received the Johnson & Johnson metal hip, almost 30 percent needed a new one." Since that recall, usage of all-metal hip replacements has decreased.
