Metal Hip Class II Status Not Supported By Existing Data; FDA Rejects Petition
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Inadequate clinical data are available to justify reclassification of metal-on-metal, semi-constrained hip joint prostheses from Class III to Class II, FDA says
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