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Article: Get hip for life: joint replacement is one of the most prolific targets for metalworking applications in the medical sector. A Sheffield company employs traditional skills to pioneer a prosthesis which challenges assumptions about the longevity of hip replacements.(medical)
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- Metalworking Production
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Hip replacements are among the most common operations carried out in the UK, with more than 50,000 performed every year. The demand is coming from an ever increasing number of elderly patients, and also from younger, active patients (under 65) who are looking for long-term solutions to their arthritic pain.
For these younger patients, the traditional 'cemented' hip replacement often is not the best option; clinical results collated over the past four decades prove that this type of hip replacement lasts only about 10 to 15 years. Implants become loose because of stresses and strains on the hip joint, causing the bone cement to break. If a cemented implant has to ...