Younger people more likely to have received hip replacement unit

YOUNGER and more active people are those more likely to have received the artificial hip replacement system found to have a higher failure rate, it emerged yesterday.

Orthopaedic surgeon Mr David Moore said the DePuy ASR Hip System was used by specialists to save more bone because the normal lifetime of a hip replacement was between 20 to 25 years.

Mr Moore said any young person who had a hip replacement would need more surgery during their lifetime because the system used would, in any event, wear out.