Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 At 07:56 PM 1/17/2003 +0000, you wrote: > And that the generally accepted >failure rate for THR's in US is 14% or 15%. Isn't that what I've >read in various postings and reports? > I think that figure is quite high. I think the failure rate in the " normal " (read old age degeneration type OA) population is about 3-4%. It rises up to 9% and up for dysplastic hips and younger folks. C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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