Advances in adhesive technology for joint replacements - 1
Narrator: This is NIH health matters, I’m Joe Balintfy. Nearly 17 percent of artificial hip or knee replacements have to be redone early. Dr. Lyndon Joseph at the NIH says this can be even more traumatic for patients, and more complicated for doctors.
Joseph: Because they have to take out the implant, give you a big dose of antibiotics and painkillers and so you’re basically laid up in a hospital for an extended period of time.
Narrator: Now engineers are developing a coating for implants to help replacements last longer. The coating causes the patients to produce new bone around the implant, securing it in place. For details, visit www.nia.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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