Total hip replacements - spoilt for choice or harmful to patients?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Preference should be given to total hip replacement (THR) implants that are backed by published, peer-reviewed long-term clinical trials, recommend surgeons from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK. In a study (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, July), they say that surgeons should use implants which have no published data only in a properly conducted trial or register".