Partial federal government shutdown
HCA does not anticipate any immediate impacts to our services or disruption to provider payments at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates if anything changes.
HCA does not anticipate any immediate impacts to our services or disruption to provider payments at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates if anything changes.
Patients with joint pain and dysfunction caused by noninflammatory arthritis (degenerative joint disease) such as osteoarthritis, traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, dysplasia, or inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis, may be treated with hip replacement technologies including hip resurfacing (HR). Hip resurfacing is proposed as a bone conserving alternative to the conventional total hip replacement or arthroplasty (THA) after more conservative medical therapy fails.
Status: Decision completed
Metal-on-metal (MoM) bearing safety concerns: MoM hip systems, both total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hip replacement (HR), have received widespread usage. As a result, more information has become available regarding the safety profile and clinical performance of these systems. Data from national total joint registries, as well as, peer-reviewed journal publications and presentations at scientific meetings have suggested increases in potential safety issues associated with MoM hip systems.
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Assessment (2013) | |
Update literature (2012) | |
Assessment (2009) |