For patients undergoing primary total hip replacement (THR), the rate of revision varies ... respectively). Patients with a delta ceramic head and HCLPE cup implant had a lower risk for revision at ...

Hip implants with a delta ceramic or oxidised zirconium head and highly crosslinked polyethylene liner or cup had the lowest risk of revision during the 15 years after surgery, a new study led by the ...

Sydney footballer Claudio Fabiano was injured in the early years of his sporting career and required hip replacement surgery.

The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR ... repeat THA with less and less available bone over time. Concern about metal ions exists for both resurfacing and THA (metal-on-metal).

"It is genuinely concerning that the DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip replacement, which no clinician would now use, from a product group the orthopaedic profession has rejected for the serious ...