Radiological method identifies hip patients who may need to be re-operated
Between 5 and 30 per cent of those who receive a new hip prosthesis will require a re-operation during their lifetime. New research shows that a high-resolution X-ray method can predict which patients have the greatest risk of re-operation. In Sweden, around 16,000 hip prosthesis operations are done annually, and about an additional 1,100 re-operations […]
