Hip implants loosened after surgery

A NUMBER of elderly patients who underwent hip replacement surgery at a Cork hospital required a second operation after the implanted device loosened.

The HSE has confirmed it conducted an audit of the 417 patients fitted with the implant after concerns were raised by orthopaedic surgeons at Cork University Hospital (CUH).

Following the audit, the HSE South wrote in February to 247 predominately elderly people (most of the remainder were deceased), and their GPs, inviting them to attend for a check-up.