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Stryker agrees to settle four metal hip lawsuits
Stryker agrees to settle four metal hip lawsuits as hundereds more loom.
Last modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:58:26 GMT
Mortality rates at 10 years after MoM hip resurfacing compared with total hips
Mortality rates at 10 years after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing compared with total hip replacement in England: retrospective cohort analysis of hospital episode statistics.
Last modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:34:59 GMT
DePuy Orthopaedics to pay $2.5 billion in ASR Hip System settlement
DePuy Orthopaedics announces settlement re ASR
Last modified: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:36:38 GMT
Tribology and Total Hip Arthroplasty Implants
Questions and answer session with Karl Knahr, MD on tribology and how it relates to total hip arthroplasty.
Last modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:15:30 GMT
Resurfacing Prostheses Found to Have Higher than Anticipated Revision Rate
Based on the 2013 National Joint Replacement Registry annual report (Australian Orthopaedic Association) some Cormet prostheses have been reported to have a significantly higher rate of revision.
Last modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:06:30 GMT
NHS hospitals to be banned from fitting MOM hip replacements after high failure-200x39.JPG)
Telegraph UK: NHS hospitals are to be banned from fitting most metal-on-metal hip replacements after a study found unacceptably high failure rates among implants in 17,000 patients.
Last modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:46:21 GMT
High Frequency of Adverse Local Tissue Reactions (ALTR) in Patients With MOM THA
High Frequency of ALTRs in Asymptomatic Patients With MoM THA. ALTRs have been described in asymptomatic patients with resurfacing arthroplasties. Whether this concerning finding applies to modular MOM THAs is reported.
Last modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:48:10 GMT
2013 National Joint Registry
The 2013 National Joint Registry has been released. Data from more than 1.4 million procedures are now registered on the NJR, with 2012/13 the first year for reporting hip, knee, elbow and shoulder data.
Last modified: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:56:56 GMT
Hip replacement death rates show 'dramatic fall'
Death rates following hip replacement surgery fell by half in England and Wales between 2003 and 2011, a study in The Lancet has found.
Last modified: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:03:58 GMT
FDA requires tracking codes on medical implants
Federal health regulators will begin tracking millions of medical devices, from pacemakers to hip replacements, using a new electronic system designed to protect patients by catching problematic implants earlier.
Last modified: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:12:14 GMT