What are the different types of hip replacement implants?

See what the senior hip replacement surgeons recommend - compare and contrast the different surgical approaches:

My choice of hip replacement:

• Mr Howard Ware
• Mr Ed Davies
• Mr Mark Rickman
• Mr Jeremy Latham
• Mr Paul Jairaj
• Mr Stephen Jones
• Mr Warwick Radford:
• Miss Samantha Tross
• Mr Charles Willis-Owen
• Mr Sam Rajaratnam

The primary types of hip replacement are:

• Metal on plastic articulating hips
• Ceramic on ceramic bearings
• Metal on metal bearings

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