Clinical update on knee replacement

In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton examines suggestions that there is limited evidence for orthopaedic knee implants and apparent impediments to clinical trials. Call for 'bravery to publish' after failures Knee implant companies are selling a product that may have limited data to support its survival, a leading Dublin orthopaedic surgeon has suggested. “However, side-effects have emerged in regard to drugs too — after they have gone through Phase 1, 2 and 3 trials,” said Hermitage Clinic surgeon Mr Fergal McGoldrick. “A suggestion that 10,000 guinea pig patients might be selected for five years and that on that basis,…