NEW JOINTS NO BETTER (AND PERHAPS WORSE) THAN OLD JOINTS

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New metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-ceramic hip joints have been criticized of late, particularly with the meta-on-metal hips causing metal to leak into surrounding tissues and the bloodstream, resulting in pain and questionable metal toxicity. Revisions are needed in some cases and this has been an unanticipated consequence of this new technology, as report in the New …