Concerns Over ‘Metal on Metal’ Hip Implants

Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 01:49 in Health & Medicine

Studies show that in some cases the devices can quickly begin to wear, generating metallic debris with effects that include groin pain, death of tissue in the hip joint and loss of surrounding bone.

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