UK government body considers hip implant registry
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A UK engineering testing firm has revealed that it is in discussions with the UK Medical Devices Agency over setting up a register to track the performance of hip implants. The news comes after the MDA warned hospitals throughout the country that 3M Health Care's Capital hip had an unacceptable failure rate, highlighting the need for a method of tracking implant performance (see Clinica No 797, p 17).