Read Complete Study Here By Pritchett JW In this prospective study, 190 hip resurfacing procedures (164 participants) were performed using a cobalt-chromium femoral component and a cementless acetabular cup with a 3.8-mm highly cross-linked polyethylene acetabular liner… …The mean follow-up was 8.5 (range, 7-10) years… …(With Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene device) … Continue reading →
Read Full Abstract Here Clinical and Functional Outcomes of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System by Cecilia Pascual-Garrido, MD; Brandon L. Morris, MD; Michael R. Dayton, MD This study reported the outcomes of patients treated with the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System (Smith & Nephew, Memphis, Tennessee) to identify the prevalence of … Continue reading →
Read Complete Article Here BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – Contrary to expectations, metal-on-metal hip resurfacing for osteoarthritis was associated with higher patient survival at 10 years than was total hip arthroplasty in a large, population-based study… …Cumulative mortality rates were 2.8% for hip resurfacing versus 7.3% for cemented total hip replacement (THR; … Continue reading →
View Complete Study Here Studies were searched for in the Medline database, Embase, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Highest mean or median ion concentrations of Cr and Co after a minimum of 1 year of follow-up were extracted and grouped according to sample- and articulation type, and average … Continue reading →
Read Full Abstract Here Tan TL, Ebramzadeh E, Campbell PA, Al-Hamad M, Amstutz HC …it may be beneficial to investigate the long-term outcome of hip resurfacings using metal-on-polyethylene in the 1980’s. We report the long-term survivorship and modes of failure of a cementless metal-on-polyethylene resurfacing. Ongoing developments using the lessons … Continue reading →
Read Complete Article Here March 6, 2016 Decreased opioid use prior to joint replacement surgery has been linked with improved patient satisfaction and outcomes, fewer complications and a reduced need for post-surgical opioids, according to two new studies. They found nearly 59 percent of the patients (49,617) did not … Continue reading →
Read Complete Article Here Parry MC, et al. J Arthroplasty. 2015;doi:10.1016/j.arth.2015.04.030. Although patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty experienced greater leg length discrepancy and less accurate restoration of offset compared with patients who underwent hip resurfacing arthroplasty, investigators of this retrospective study found no difference in clinical outcomes between the … Continue reading →
Read Complete Study Here Regardless of whether patients underwent total hip arthroplasty or surface replacement arthroplasty, 40% of young and active patients in this study experienced pain around the hip following surgery. …420 patients younger than 60 years with a pre-symptomatic were studied… … patients who underwent THA experienced greater … Continue reading →
Read Full Study Here Hip arthroscopy after hip resurfacing arthroplasty is a valuable diagnostic and therapeutic tool according to a medical study in France… …The researchers had an established diagnosis confirmed and address by arthroscopy in 41 patients. The majority of these patients had iliopsoas tendinosis or excessive metal wear..
Continue reading →Read Complete Study Here Patients who underwent total hip resurfacing arthroplasty experienced significant improvements in general health-related quality of life measures 6 months following surgery, according to results… … included 12 studies with a total of 1,898 patients who underwent total hip resurfacing arthroplasty…
Continue reading →Clinical Study Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis in patients with uveitis READ COMPLETE STUDY – DOWNLOAD FREE PDF N P Jones1, L C Anderton1, F M Cheong2, A Whallett3, M R Stanford2, P I Murray3, S Lesnik-Oberstein4 and C Pavesio4 1The Royal Eye Hospital Manchester, UK 2St Thomas’ Hospital London, UK 3Birmingham & … Continue reading →
A Modified Posterior Approach Preserves Femoral Head Oxgenation During Hip Resurfacing Steffen RT, De Smet KA, Murray DW, Gill HS 2010 Mar 22 Original Link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20334994?dopt=AbstractPlus Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK. In 11 patients, the oxygenation was measured in … Continue reading →
Read Complete Study Here August 2014 -…The authors concluded that oral bisphosphonate users are at 59% reduced risk of revision, but noted their findings only applied in patients who initiated bisphosphonates after arthroplasty surgery. They postulated that bisphosphonates initiated after arthroplasty surgery could reduce inflammation-mediated osteolysis around the implant … Continue reading →
Read Complete Study Here Results of Conserve Plus Hip Resurfacing: prospective clinical, radiographic and ion study. Somers JF, Vanbiervliet J, Lefevere F. We report the 3- to 5-year clinical results of 42 hip resurfacing arthroplasties using the Conserve Plus from one surgeon series… …This independent series of Conserve Plus HRA … Continue reading →
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 →
Conclusion: Patients were able to return to sports by 3 months and perform the same number of activities at preoperative intensity [after hip resurfacing surgery.] Sandiford N, Muirhead-Allwood S, Skinner J. Return to sporting activity after Birmingham hip resurfacing arthroplasty: Mid term results. Indian J Orthop [serial online] 2015 [cited 2015 … Continue reading →
Original Article Here A new study about adverse reactions to metal debris after Metal on Metal THR and Hip Resurfacing shows the current follow-up guidelines worldwide are not cost effective or evidence-based. The follow-up guidelines for metal-on-metal (MoM) hip arthroplasty and hip resurfacing from five worldwide authorities worldwide, including the U.K. were included. … Continue reading →
The clinical implications of elevated blood metal ion concentrations in asymptomatic patients with MoM hip resurfacings: a cohort study David J Langton, Raghavendra P Sidaginamale, Thomas J Joyce, Shonali Natu, Peter Blain, Robert Drysdale Jefferson, Stephen Rushton, Antoni V F Nargol Full Study Here 10.1136/ bmjopen-2012-001541 January 31, 2014 Objective: To determine whether elevated blood…
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