{"id":240227,"date":"2026-07-03T06:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/dual-mobility-hip-replacement-implant-can-lower-dislocation-risk-by-70"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:07:16","slug":"dual-mobility-hip-replacement-implant-can-lower-dislocation-risk-by-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/dual-mobility-hip-replacement-implant-can-lower-dislocation-risk-by-70","title":{"rendered":"Dual-mobility hip replacement implant can lower dislocation risk by 70%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/dual-mobility-hip-replacement-implant-can-lower-dislocation-risk-by-702.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new type of hip replacement implant reduces the risk of joint dislocation after surgery by 70%, according to a new study involving 1,600 patients across 44 hospitals in Sweden and the UK, published in <i>The Lancet<\/i>. The new implant consists of a small ball encased in a much larger plastic ball, which provides better stability.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, more than 14 million patients worldwide suffer a femoral neck fracture. Total hip replacement (THR), in which both the ball and socket of the hip are replaced, is recommended for older, active individuals with a displaced fracture of the femoral neck. While the vast majority regain good mobility and quality of life, up to 8% of these patients experience a dislocation of their hip, a very painful condition in which the artificial joint slips out of place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new type of hip replacement implant reduces the risk of joint dislocation after surgery by 70%, according to a new study involving 1,600 patients across 44 hospitals in Sweden and the UK, published in The Lancet. The new implant consists of a small ball encased in a much larger plastic ball, which provides better [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}