… hip replacements because the type of fixation was not mentioned. We excluded 20 hip
replacements … 45 208 because the procedure was undertaken for hip fracture, and 726 owing to a …

… younger than 55 and males have higher failure rates.It also documents improved outcomes
… The Norwegian Register documents higher failure rates for uncemented than for cemented …

… , with failure rates of up to 24% being reported.2 Once a primary hip replacement has failed
it … Some practices claim that over half of all total hip replacements are revisions and that …

… are prone to early failure, analysis by head size has definitively shown that failure rates
increase directly with head size. We have shown a difference in failure rates between bearing …

… to decreased failure rates of hip replacements. Unfortunately many new implants, which are
often used in the absence of clinical review, are failing to match the survival rates of earlier …

… failure rates associated with DePuy's ASR Hip resurfacing system, which has now been
recalled. An adverse reaction to metal debris has an incidence of 5% and metallosis can occur …

… contemporary concerns regarding the survivorship of total hip replacements (THRs): wear
and … liners in a hip simulator. After 5 million cycles, the UHMWPE wear rate as determined in …

… clear differences in the rates of failure of different designs of hip resurfacing. Our aim was
to update the failure rates related to metal debris for the Articular Surface Replacement (ASR). …

… The higher failure rate of metal-on-metal implants noted in this … of failure were not reported
in this study, leaving the reader with only guesses as to why a difference in survivorship rate …

… number of primary total hip replacements done annually is projected to reach 512 000 in
2020. … 40 years ago, they have proven successful in identifying devices with high failure rates. …