Study: With hip replacements, women fare less well than men

Originally published: February 18, 2013 7:46 PM
Updated: February 18, 2013 8:35 PM
By DELTHIA RICKS delthia.ricks@newsday.com

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Women seem to fare less favorably than men following total hip-replacement surgery, according to a large medical analysis that comes in the wake of continuing federal scrutiny into certain types of implants.

Researchers in California who studied more than 35,000 cases of artificial hip implants found women have a slightly higher risk of implant failure compared with men regardless of the type...

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