Joint operations were postponed after the main supplier suffered a critical incident at its plant.

Bone cement is used to anchor artificial joints and fills the space between the new joint and the patient’s bone.

Two alternative providers of medical cement, critical to trauma and elective orthopaedic surgery procedures, have been secured, the NHS has confirmed. The health service had warned last week that knee ...

We are writing to update you on a significant disruption that has emerged in relation to the supply of bone cement products sold by Heraeus Medical.

Scientists comment on a shortage of ‘bone cement’ disrupting NHS joint operations. Dr Alex Dickinson, Professor of Prosthetics Engineering, University of Southampton, said: What is the medical cement ...

Campaigners say the news is a ‘crushing blow’ to patients waiting for surgeries ...

Hospitals across Britain were told to postpone treatments last week, including knee and hip replacements, after problems arose at the health service's main supplier ...

A study by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and other centers found that total hip replacement performed with a cementless prosthesis for a femoral neck fracture led to a higher rate of a second ...

Surgeries requiring 'bone cement' are being reviewed on a case-by-case basis at a Shropshire hospital amid a global shortage of the vital material.

Planned surgery is being reviewed but emergency and urgent trauma operations continue as normal.

Elective joint operations at north Cumbria’s main hospitals are being temporarily postponed because of a national shortage of bone cement.

The issue has temporarily halted production at its main site and will impact product availability for at least two months ...