Few Patients Should Get Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants, FDA Panel Says

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FRIDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — A panel of U.S. government experts said Thursday that metal-on-metal hip implants have little use in most patients, with evidence mounting that the devices deteriorate sooner than other implants, shedding particles of metal into the surrounding joint and bloodstream.

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