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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for osteoarthritis patients, a device made by Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit, the ...

June 14, 2011 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for patients with osteoarthritis. Previous total hip replacement systems ...

June 29, 2012 — Safety concerns regarding metal-on-metal hip implant systems were discussed during a 2-day meeting of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As knowledge of the performance and outcomes of hip arthroplasty with metal-on-metal bearings increases, the ...

Hip replacement (also known as total hip replacement or total hip arthroplasty) is a surgical procedure that is performed to replace damaged cartilage in the hip joint. The operation involves removing ...

New research led by the Hip Implant Prosthesis Study (HIPS) team at the University of Bristol Medical School has shown that small-head (less than 36 mm in diameter) cemented metal-on-plastic hip ...

(AP) WASHINGTON -- Metal hip replacements implanted in a half-million Americans may be failing earlier than expected, but it could be years before U.S. health regulators have a clear picture of the ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on June 13 the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for patients with ...