Science news articles about 'artificial hip joints'

Artificial hip joints are firmly anchored to the patient's damaged bone by screws. But which parts of the bone will safely ...

... medical devices, ranging from artificial hip joints to dentures and catheters, become sites for unwelcome guests -- complex communities of microbial ...

... operations carried out in Germany. Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial hip joints. Often the artificial hips need to be replaced just ten years later. In the future, a new ...