Long lasting hip implants . . . and other stories
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3610 (Published 24 September 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3610
Implant survival after total hip replacement
An analysis of a database of hip replacements in England and Wales finds variation between hospitals in the longevity of the implant. One of the hospitals with the highest implant survival rates used a single type of hip replacement for all patients. When analyses were restricted to patients who received this implant, differences between hospitals disappeared, which suggests that the predominant influence on implant survival isn’t the skill of the surgeon or the quality of care provided by the hospital, but the choice of prosthesis (PLoS Med doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003291).
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