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NHS hospitals to be banned from fitting MOM hip replacements after high failure

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.

Two common models have been taken off the market and thousands of patients fitted with the implants have been told to have annual checks, often including blood tests.

New draft guides drawn up by regulators say the NHS should stop using any hip implant with a failure rate higher than five per cent at five years.  Read more here.

Last modified: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:46:21 GMT