Thursday 11 September 2014

Evidence to Support Use of New Hip and Knee Implants in Not Convincing

New research suggests that the evidence to support the use of new hip and knee implants remains unconvincing. Furthermore, the safety of several new technologies "could be compromised," warn the researchers, who call for improved stakeholder oversight to prevent patients from being further exposed to new devices "without proper evidence of improved clinical benefits and safety." Since the failures of some metal on metal hip implants were brought to light, the introduction ...

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