Surgeons in the United Kingdom fear metal debris from the failed metal hip joints have possible long term damage. The metal in the joint has been shown to wear down and these "hip replacements may be leaking metal fragments". The UK health regulator, the MHRA, announced that 49,00 patients with metal on metal hip replacements will be required to have annual check ups due to medical fears. Engineer Tom Joyce of Newcastle University, in his analysis of the wearing metal joint, claims that "these metal on metal hips are failing at rates we just wouldn't expect". Professor Sir Kent Woods, who is a medicine and health product regulator in the UK, admits there were "no clinical trials" conducted prior to administering these metal on metal hips.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
"Hip Replacements may be Leaking Metal Fragments into their Hosts"
Surgeons in the United Kingdom fear metal debris from the failed metal hip joints have possible long term damage. The metal in the joint has been shown to wear down and these "hip replacements may be leaking metal fragments". The UK health regulator, the MHRA, announced that 49,00 patients with metal on metal hip replacements will be required to have annual check ups due to medical fears. Engineer Tom Joyce of Newcastle University, in his analysis of the wearing metal joint, claims that "these metal on metal hips are failing at rates we just wouldn't expect". Professor Sir Kent Woods, who is a medicine and health product regulator in the UK, admits there were "no clinical trials" conducted prior to administering these metal on metal hips.
