A 31-year-old member asked:
how commonly does a hip replacement implant fail?
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Dr. Andrew DeGruccio answered
29 years experience Orthopedic Surgery
Not common : 5% of hip replacements fail sometime between implantation and 20 years later.
Answered on Dec 9, 2013
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