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Death rates following hip replacement surgery fell by half in England and Wales between 2003 and 2011, a study in The Lancet has found.
Although death within 90 days of surgery is rare, mortality decreased from 0.56% to 0.29% in an analysis of more than 400,000 patients.
The researchers said that fitter patients and better physiotherapy could be behind the decrease.
They added that simple treatment options would reduce the risk further.
Researchers from the universities of Bristol, Oxford, East Anglia and Exeter used data from the UK's joint-replacement database, the National Joint Registry, to look at death rates following this type of surgery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24283269
Although death within 90 days of surgery is rare, mortality decreased from 0.56% to 0.29% in an analysis of more than 400,000 patients.
The researchers said that fitter patients and better physiotherapy could be behind the decrease.
They added that simple treatment options would reduce the risk further.
Researchers from the universities of Bristol, Oxford, East Anglia and Exeter used data from the UK's joint-replacement database, the National Joint Registry, to look at death rates following this type of surgery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24283269