Metal-on-Metal hip implants Archives - RIAP Italian Arthroplasty Registry Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:16:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://riap.iss.it/riap/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/logo_riap_favicon.png Metal-on-Metal hip implants Archives - RIAP 32 32 Are Metal-on-Metal hip implants safe? The SCENIHR responds to this question https://riap.iss.it/riap/en/news-and-events/metal-on-metal-hip-implants/2015/02/19/are-metal-on-metal-hip-implants-safe-the-scenihr-responds-to-this-question/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:00:19 +0000 http://riap.iss.it/riap/?p=1871 The SCENIHR responds to this question in its Opinion on “The safety of Metal-on-Metal (MoM) joint replacements with a particular focus on hip implants”, the main points of which are summarised in fact sheet attached. 

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]]> Stiff joints and aching bones – once, there was little to do but accept problems like these as part of ageing.  But now, modern interventions like hip implants can help give people their mobility back.

Metal-on-Metal joint implants, one specific category of implants, may solve many dysfunctions related to the hip. But, but do they come with risks? The European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) responds to this question in its Opinion on “The safety of Metal-on-Metal (MoM) joint replacements with a particular focus on hip implants”, the main points of which are summarised in the following fact sheet. 

The document is available  in four different languages.

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Inglese

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Francese

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Spagnolo

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Tedesco

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]]> Consensus statement “Current Evidence on the Management of Metal-on-Metal Bearings” https://riap.iss.it/riap/en/news-and-events/metal-on-metal-hip-implants/2014/03/27/consensus-statement-current-evidence-on-the-management-of-metal-on-metal-bearings/ Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:45:49 +0000 http://riap.iss.it/riap/?p=1869 The following recommendations are based on expert opinions of an international multidisciplinary panel endorsed by EFORT, EHS, the German AE, DAH. 

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]]> The following recommendations are based on expert opinions of an international multidisciplinary panel endorsed by “European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology” (EFORT), “European Hip Society” (EHS), the German “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Endoprothetik” (AE) and the “Deutsche Arthrosehilfe” (DAH).

 

Consensus statement “Current Evidence on the Management of Metal-on-Metal Bearings” [PDF: 253 Kb]

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