UK To Ban Hospitals' Use Of Many Metal Hip Implants

By Greg Ryan · October 29, 2013, 8:20 PM EDT

Citing the high failure rate of metal-on-metal hip implants, a U.K. regulator will reportedly ban publicly funded hospitals from using most of the devices, a more drastic step than the U.S....

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