Engineering a better hip implant

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have engineered a better design for hip implants for obese patients. The team learned that thigh size is a reason why hip implants fail, and why it contributes to an increased rate of failure for the morbidly obese.

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