Updated 3/10/2010 Dear Pat, Thank you for the work you do, it helps so many. Computer aided navigation is an interesting concept. However, there is no evidence that it leads to better clinical outcomes and fewer failures. On the other hand, there is ample evidence that surgeon experience has a dramatic effect on outcomes and… Continue reading →
Updated 10/25/2014 Many countries have National Registries that keep statistics about all orthopedic surgeries performed and medical devices used. They include excellent information about hip resurfacing results. National Joint Replacement Registry of Australia National Joint Registry of England, Wales and Northern Ireland NZ Joint Registry The National Registries are often long, technical and very detailed… Continue reading →
Over the last couple of months I began to occasionally have some mild groin pain and popping of the hip. I contacted Dr Ure and x-rays were ordered. After nearly two months, and several phone calls to his office for the results, Dr Ure finally contacted me. Per his chart document he stated… Continue reading →
Updated 4/30/09 Was standing on my good leg, operated leg was at about a 90 degree angle while I put some cream on my knee. Probably bent forward and flexed my hip a bit, the operated side knee rotated in and I started to fall. Tried to push with the operated leg to right myself,… Continue reading →
Updated 2/20/2010 DEAR PAT WHAT ABOUT NAVIGATION Today navigation is still a tool that is not easy to use and that needs a certain learning curve as resurfacing itself also has. So it is not a useful tool today for resurfacing beginners, where it should be! It would be nice if it would be a… Continue reading →
Clinical experience of Ganz surgical dislocation approach for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing Updated 3/25/2010 Clinical experience of Ganz surgical dislocation approach for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing Beaulé PE, Shim P, Banga K 2009 Jun 24 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19553070 The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Although the posterior approach is the most commonly used for hip resurfacing,… Continue reading →
CEMENT PENETRATION IN HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY: FEMORAL COMPONENT DESIGN AND CEMENTATION TECHNIQUE PE Beaulé*, W. Matar*, P. Poitras*, K. Smit* and O. May§ *University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada §Université de Lille 2, Lille, Nord, France PURPOSE: Retrieval analyses of failed metal on metal hip resurfacings have shown variability in cement penetration and mantle. Multiple… Continue reading →