Read Complete Article Here Hip resurfacing techniques are used to treat hip fractures while avoiding total hip replacement procedure… …Healthcare professionals prefer hip resurfacing surgery over total hip replacement surgery due to advantages of this technique over total hip replacement surgery… …Currently, North America dominates the hip resurfacing implants market … Continue reading →
Nicholas M. Brown, MD; Jared R. H. Foran, MD; Craig J. Della Valle, MD May 2013 The purpose of this study was to compare total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) with regard to the amount of acetabular bone stock removed and the ability to restore leg length and offset. Anteroposterior pelvis…
Continue reading →Updated 11/30/08 Link http://proceedings.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/content/abstract/88-B/SUPP_III/432 2006 D.H. Williams; U. Masood; and M.N. Norton Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LJ, UK. Decreased head-neck ratio diameter and component malposition in total hip arthroplasty are factors known to result in impingement, increased rates of dislocation, wear and failure. In addition to these complications, impingement of the femoral neck…
Continue reading →Click Arrow to view videoJoseph Daniel, Director of Research at the McMinn Center in Birmingham UK, talks about the 10 year survival of double heat-treated resurfacings from 1996 and the effect that these heat treatments had on this series of hip resurfacings. The McMinn Centre 25 Highfield Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3DP Tel: 0121…
Continue reading →Hip Resurfacing With the Biomet Hybrid ReCap-Magnum System: 7-Year Results by Dr. Gross & Fei Liu 2012 Updated 10/1/2014 Hip Resurfacing With the Biomet Hybrid ReCap-Magnum System: 7-Year Results. Oct 27, 2012 Gross TP, Liu F. Midlands Orthopaedics, P.A., Columbia, SC. Abstract The purpose of this study was to report our clinical outcome of a…
Continue reading →Larger cups and optimal positioning produced lowest ion levels and wear study by David Langton Updated 3/10/2010 Larger cups and optimal positioning produced lowest ion levels and wearIn a review of 585 blood serum evaluations following hip resurfacing, only femoral size and cup inclination were found to have an effect on ion levels, according a…
Continue reading →by Thomas P. Gross, MD (d), Fei Liu, PhD (d) Updated 10/1/2014 Incidence of Adverse Wear Reactions in Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty: A Comparison with the Oxford StudyThomas P. Gross, MD (d), Fei Liu, PhD (d) Midlands Orthopaedics, Columbia, SC Introduction In 2009, the Oxford Group reported a 1.8% rate of revision for pseudotumours in a…
Continue reading →Bone density of the femoral neck following Birmingham Hip Resurfacing A 2-year prospective study in 27 hips 10/31/09 Link http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/509466_768420410_917526316.pdf Authors: Nick J. Cooke a; Lauren Rodgers b; David Rawlings c; Andrew W. McCaskie d; James P. Holland d Affiliations: a North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital, b Statistics Department, University of Newcastle, …
Continue reading →Alternative Bearing Surfaces (Hip) Presented at AAOS by Dr. Peter J. Brooks on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 7:00 AM Author(s): Carlos A. Higuera, MD, Bay Village, Ohio; Kurt P. Spindler, MD, Garfield Hts, Ohio; Gregory J. Strnad, MS, Lyndhurst, Ohio; Peter J. Brooks, MD, FRCS(C) Cleveland, Ohio INTRODUCTION: Hip resurfacing has been proposed as a…
Continue reading →Update 11/11/2012 Costa CR, Johnson AJ, Naziri Q, Mont MA. 2011 – Source Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21215, USA. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing has provided an alternative to standard total hip arthroplasty in younger, more active patients. However, detractors argue that many of the benefits of resurfacing can be…
Continue reading →Read Complete Study by Clicking Here: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00264-014-2506-8 Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing compared with total hip arthroplasty two to five year outcomes in men younger than sixty five years Leslie A. Fink Barnes, Skylar H. Johnson, David A. Patrick Jr, William Macaulay There are limited studies examining the long-term survivorship for the current generation of metal-on-metal hip…
Continue reading →Updated 10/1/2014 R. Lass, MD; A. Grübl, MD2; A. Kolb, MD1; S. Domayer, MD; C. Csuk, MD; B. Kubista, MD; A. Giurea, MD; R. Windhager, MD March 05, 2014 Read Original Study by Clicking Here http://jbjs.org/article.aspx?articleid=1832017 Background: Second-generation, metal-on-metal bearings were introduced in 1988, to reduce wear and avoid polyethylene particle-induced osteolysis from total hip…
Continue reading →Updated 11/2/2012 8-Feb-2012Archive of failed joint replacements provides tips to building a better hip replacement A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought to be the largest archive of…
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