Dr. Mont Live Chat February 22, 2012
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Welcome! You have entered [Doctor Chat] at 6:52 pm [Pat Walter] 8:01 pm: I’ll start – what devices are you |
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Welcome! You have entered [Doctor Chat] at 6:52 pm [Pat Walter] 8:01 pm: I’ll start – what devices are you |
Leonard R. Walter MBBS(Syd), FRACS, FAOrthA, Ed Marel MBBS(Syd), FRCS Ed (Orth), FRACS, FAOrthAa, Richard Harbury MBBS(Syd), FRACS, FAOrthAa and Jenny Wearne RNaPeninsula Orthopaedics Research Institute, DEE WHY NSW 2099, Australia Received 28 November 2006; accepted 7 July 2007 Abstract The most appropriate blood fraction for the |
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Metal-on-metal (MoM), ceramic-on-ceramic (CoC), and ceramicized
metal-on-polyethylene (CMoP) bearings all were developed as a reaction to the
well recognized mediocre long-term results with metal-on-polyethylene hips in
younger, more active patients.
Polyethylene wear increases with increased
activity and load, and often elicits an aggressive response from the body where
loosening and bone loss occurs (osteolysis), making subsequent revision more
difficult.
Alternate bearings (MoM, CMoP, and CoC) are more resistant to
wear, and their wear … Read the rest
Six-year results of a prospective study of metal ion levels in young patients with metal-on-metal hip resurfacings 2009 Read Original Article by Clicking Here
J. Daniel, FRCS, MS(Orth), Director of Research1; H. Ziaee, BSc(Hons), Biomedical Scientist1; C. Pradhan, FRCS, MCh(Orth), Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon1; and D. J. W. McMinn, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1 1 The McMinn Centre, 25 Highfield Road, Birmingham B15 3DP, UK.
We describe the findings at six years in an ongoing prospective clinicoradiological… Read the rest