News tagged with hip joints

New blood test finds allergies before implant surgery

Imagine what Paula Spurlock must have been going through. Shortly after having a hip replaced in 2011, the trouble started. "I had horrible itching, really bad migraines and intense pain throughout my body," ...

Medical research May 15, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Unauthorised replacement hips fitted to 650 French patients

French surgeons have fitted 650 people with replacement hips that had not been certified as meeting European standards, it emerged Thursday in a case with echoes of a scandal over faulty breast implants.

Surgery May 02, 2013 | not rated yet | 0