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Hip Resurfacing Problems: Maker Knew of 40% 5 Year Failure Rate for Metal on Metal Implant

Scary hip resurfacing problems surface regarding what the makers knew!   The hip replacement side effects train just keeps rolling. In fact, you just can’t seem to make this stuff up when it comes to hip resurfacing. Just a few years ago, I remember patients telling me that they were interested in a “minimally invasive” hip resurfacing surgery…read more

More MOM Hip Replacement problems before Father’s Day

More hip resurfacing problems? As I’ve blogged before, metal on metal hips for hip resurfacing have evolved as a huge problem. The basic issue is the same with all artificial joint prostheses-wear particles. Any piece of metal, plastic, or ceramic you insert in the body that is designed to undergo significant friction will wear out and those pieces that wear off…read more

Hip Resurfacing Problems-Too Good to be True?

So many Hip Resurfacing problems in recent studies!  It’s amazing how the language we use to describe our surgeries shape how patients think about them. Most patients who hear the term, “hip resurfacing” think that it merely involves adding a small cap here and there and they’re done. Patients are drawn to this procedure because of…read more

New York Times: Artificial Hips Failing at an Alarming Rate

There is a troubling New York Times article this morning on how metal on metal hip replacement prostheses are causing patients to get sick and are wearing out only after a few years.  What’s also concerning is the staggering health care costs associated with caring for these sick patients and taking out their failed hip replacement parts for…read more

Problems with Hip Resurfacing Surface

A doctor discusses new research that raises concerns over the complications of hip resurfacing.
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