Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Remedy Is Elusive as Metallic Hips Fail at a Fast Rate

BOSTON — As surgeons here sliced through tissue surrounding a failed artificial hip in a 53-year-old man, they discovered what looked like a biological dead zone. There were matted strands of tissue stained gray and black; a large strip of muscle near the hip no longer contracted.
New York Times

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