Data released from the Canadian Institutes for Health Information show five-year revision rates for total hip replacement procedures to be low, though metal-on-metal implants bring slightly higher ...

CASTEL SAN PIETRO, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medacta ® International, the privately owned, global leader in innovative joint replacement and spinal technologies, today announced it has received ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to a 2009 study, 3 at their peak, metal-on-metal implants were used in about 35% of all total hip ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Amid the recent recall of two popular metal-on-metal total hip implants, an investigation of these constructs by ...

During your initial knee or hip replacement surgery, the prosthetic (artificial) components were either cemented (attached with bone cement) or hammered into the bone so they could eventually attach ...

TA Criterion 1: The technology must have final approval from the appropriate government regulatory bodies. Metal on Metal Hip Resurfacing systems are categorized as Class 3 devices by the FDA and ...

Johnson & Johnson, a global healthcare giant, is recalling more of its metal-on-metal hip implants in international markets. According to Handelsblatt, a German newspaper, the company is currently in ...

NEW YORK - (Reuters Health) – Metal sensitivities can lead to failure of replacement joints, and patients should be carefully evaluated for a possible reaction after the surgery, according to a new ...

Over the past two years, an expert in revision hip and knee replacement surgery has seen an increase in the number of people needing a second surgery. When a knee or hip implant wears out or another ...

Metal allergy, a little-known problem, caused systemic pain, severe weakness and fatigue for a woman after knee replacement. The symptoms resolved when the implants were finally replaced with ones ...

March 22, 2018 - As more patients undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) before age 65, the rate of repeat hip surgery due to complications has risen sharply in this younger age group, reports a study ...