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NICE updates guidance on hip replacements

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is updating its guidance on providing people who need hip replacements with the right prosthesis for their requirements.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is updating its guidance on providing people who need hip replacements with the right prosthesis for their requirements.  The updated draft recommendations include a stricter benchmark for the quality of hip prostheses, proposing that the new joint should work well in at least 95% of cases over 10 years, instead of the current 90% of cases.  Hip replacements or resurfacing are often needed to improve mobility problems and severe discomfort caused by rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis in the hip joint. Arthritis is a very common and painful condition €“ it affects

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