The McMinn Centre Celebrating 10th Anniversary June 2013
Published on Jun 6, 2013
At The McMinn Centre on Thursday 6th June
2013, Derek McMinn, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, and his
colleagues are celebrating our 10th anniversary.
Established in 2003, The McMinn Centre provides a permanent base for
Mr McMinn’s surgical, teaching and research work, and is the first
point of contact for patients looking for conservative joint
replacement. Based in the Birmingham’s Edgbaston Medical Quarter,
our dedicated team work together to provide an unrivalled and
personal service to hip and knee replacement patients from around
the world.
Derek McMinn is the pioneering surgeon behind the Birmingham Hip
Resurfacing (BHR) and several other orthopaedic implants, such as
the Birmingham Mid Head Resection (BMHR) and the Birmingham Knee
Replacement (BKR). Operating locally from BMI The Edgbaston
Hospital, Mr McMinn has operated on more than 2500 patients in the
last 10 years alone, whilst holding countless consultations and
follow up appointments.
Leading the field in hip and knee replacement, The McMinn Centre has
excellent success rates and carries out extensive research projects.
Despite negative press regarding hip resurfacing Derek McMinn’s
results from the first 1000 BHR patients show an overall
survivorship of 95.8% at 15 years across all ages, genders and
diagnoses. Our fantastic results completely outperform the NICE
(National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidelines,
which recommend an acceptable survivorship of 85% at 15 years.
Between operating and publishing research papers, Derek McMinn makes
time to share his expertise by training surgeons and aiding implant
development, working with engineers on the latest technologies. The
McMinn Centre’s research has led to over one hundred pieces of
published literature with several original citations and papers. All
of The McMinn Centre team worked tirelessly with Mr McMinn on his
book Modern Hip Resurfacing (2009) which details the process from
inception to development of the pioneering Birmingham Hip
Resurfacing. Mr McMinn is a well respected voice within the
orthopaedic community, regularly invited to speak at International
conferences on hip and knee arthroplasty.
Centre manager Pam Charles said: “We’ve had a fantastic 10 years and
we are looking forward to our continuing success. There is no better
job satisfaction than hearing success stories from our patients who
have become active again thanks to the brilliant work we do here.”
We want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of our
patients, partners and associates over the past decade.
For more information on Derek McMinn and the Birmingham Hip
Resurfacing please visit
http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/