The study found patients with common metal-on-plastic hip implants had a revision rate of 2.7 percent, while those with large diameter metal-on-metal implants had a 5.9 percent chance of needing replacement within five years.
Metal-on-metal replacements made up 9 percent of the procedures studied. However, Canadian physicians tend to be more conservative with their use of metal-on-metal implants, according to the report. In the U.S. in the late 2000s, 45 percent of men with hip replacements had metal-on-metal devices.
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