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Celia's False Hopes (Original title)
Date: 08 August 1996 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom



Synopsis: Investigates faulty hip replacements which fail and have to be replaced. The programme visits Sweden, where hip replacements are regulated more carefully, resulting in far fewer hips needing to be revised. Includes interviews with Peter Ring a retired orthopaedic surgeon and Christopher Bulstrode from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, as well as patients who have had hip replacement operations which have failed.

Subjects:
Arthroplasty, Hips

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 08 August 1996Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 19:30-20:00Runtime: 25 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (6)
Production Company: Twenty Twenty Television, Commissioning Company: Carlton UK Productions, Executive Producer: Claudia Milne, Executive Producer: Simon Berthon, Producer: Jill Robinson, Series Editor: Dorothy Byrne
Cast (1)
Dermot Murnaghan ()