title: By the way, Doctor. I'm a 52-year-old tennis player who needs a hip replacement. The orthopedists in my area do a metal-ball-in-polyethylene-cup replacement that I'm told lasts 10-15 years. But I've heard that metal-ball-in-metal-cup replacements last longer. What do you think?
authors: Donald T
authors: DT
authors: Reilly
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013997:Time Factors