New hip and knee replacements may wear out in just three years

Thousands of patients who have their hips resurfaced or a new type of knee replacement may need to have them changed within three years.

Those having the latest medical procedures were more likely to need further corrective surgery down the line, according to a study by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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The failure rate of a total hip replacement (l) is 1/111. The failure rate for hip resurfacing is 1/38

The researchers looked at data for 327,557 hip or knee replacement procedures carried out between April 2003 and September 2006 in the National Joint Registry.

They found overall one in 75 patients needed their joint replacement revised within three years of the first operation. This was comparable with other developed countries.

By Claire Bates, DailyMail