Metal On Metal Hip Replacement Follow Up

Updated advice for follow up of patients medical device alerts archived in may 2015 metal on metal mom hip replacements guidance on implantation and.

Metal on metal hip replacement follow up.

All metal on metal mom hip replacements. On 29 june 2017 the uk medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency s mhra published updated advice regarding metal on metal mom hip replacement implants. In metal on metal hip implants some tiny metal particles and metal ions are released into the joint space and metal ions can potentially enter the bloodstream. Mda 2017 018 all metal on metal mom hip replacements.

The tga review of that advice which included referral to an external group of experts found that the recommendations regarding the care of patients with mom implants previously published below remained. Irvin jackson add your comments. Peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations in patients following small diameter metal on metal total hip replacement at long term follow up by tobias reiner 1 hester haubenreisser 1 elena tripel 1 nils rosshirt 1 reza sorbi 1 timo albert nees 1 tobias gotterbarm 2 christian merle 1 babak moradi 1 and sébastien hagmann 1 1. Metal on metal hip replacement follow up costs should be born by manufactures.

There have been situations where implants known to cause certain complications such as recalled metal on metal hip replacements may have recommendations for specific tests to be performed at routine intervals to assess the performance of the implant. In the setting of a normal joint replacement without specific complications these types of tests are not necessary. Update 14 july 2017 metal on metal hip replacement implants 20 september 2012. Editorial august 4 2017 written by.

The 2012 mhra guidance recommended all patients with recalled metal on metal implants and patients with non recalled implants who have hip symptoms were reviewed annually with metal ion measurement and cross sectional imaging ultrasonography or mri 18 the 2017 guidance still recommends annual follow up for all patients with symptoms but requires cross sectional imaging for low risk patients only men with hip resurfacing femoral heads 48 mm and everyone with stemmed hip replacements with. Updated advice for follow up of patients in all cases the benefit of ionising radiation screening should be weighed against the risks from.