Hip replacement technology knocked in high-profile obituary:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
As the medical technology industry seeks to raise awareness of the value of its products among the public, the obituaries for US journalist and writer Hunter S Thompson, who died on February 20, are unlikely to do the orthopaedics industry's image any favours. Following his high-profile suicide, a double hip replacement operation was yesterday highlighted by his creative collaborator and friend, the artist Ralph Steadman, as the leading factor behind the author's sense of "physical entrapment".
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