Metal-on-metal hip replacement manufacturers must now submit a premarket approval application (PMA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for two types of hip systems, one having a cemented acetabular component and the other having an uncemented acetabular component. The FDA’s final order released this past February reportedly gives medical device makers until May 18 to submit their new...
Orthopedic surgeons in Europe will often mix-and-match components when performing hip replacement surgery. This is happening in spite of warnings against the practice from manufacturers of metal-on-metal and other hip systems. This was the finding of Dr. Keith Tucker, an orthopedic surgeon in Norwich, United Kingdom, and his colleagues, who conducted a recent study to learn how many total hip...
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