This is a listing the the surgeons I know are currently using ceramic on ceramic devices
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Dr. Koen De Smet
5600 MOM Hip Resurfacings to date ***
70 COC Hip Resurfacings to date***
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Anca Medical
February 17, 2023
I had bilateral Polymotion hip resurfacing with Dr. Jim MacKenzie in Calgary on Nov 15, 2022. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was the first Polymotion resurfacing in North America, and Dr. McMinn was in the operating room to observe!!
I am 48 years old, 47 at the time of surgery, and a petite female (5’ 2”, 125 lbs). I was very active up until my 40s when hip … Read the rest
This month, Dr. Jim MacKenzie, an Orthopaedic surgeon specializing in Hip Resurfacing and Knee replacements, was joined by old friends from around the world to celebrate two decades of hip resurfacing.
For one of Dr. MacKenzie’s latest recent surgery, Professor Derek McMinn (godfather of modern Hip Resurfacing), Mr. Roger Ashton (Technical Director at JointMedica), and Dr. Sharat Kusuma (Surgeon, Chief Strategy & Medical Officer of Exactech) observed Dr. MacKenzie perform a bilateral … Read the rest
British Hip Society Podcast
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing: the whole story August 12, 2022
This Podcast features Vikas Khanduja, Mr. Callum McBryde, Professor Derek McMinn MD FRCS , Mr. Ronan Treacy, and Roger Ashton – Technical Director of JointMedica
Original Podcast available here: https://britishhipsociety.com/podcasts/
British Hip Society Podcast
The Podcast had a free download feature, so I made it into a video to help people see photos of the participants and the subject better.
Patricia Walter
PRESS RELEASE May 17, 2022
GAINESVILLE, FLA. (May 17, 2022) – Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a Breakthrough Device Designation for JointMedica’s Polymotion® Hip Resurfacing System.
Exactech, a minority shareholder of JointMedica Limited, is collaborating with the United Kingdom-based orthopaedic device designer and manufacturer to deliver the next generation of hip resurfacing to … Read the rest
ReCerf is momentarily stopped to evaluate the 500 prothesis that have been done and looking at the 2-3 year results.
There is one revision done because of a failure and that is now being studied closely. As this is still a study, such a case, even if it is only one, has to be looked into fully.
When it will start again, we do not know at this moment. We are waiting for the whole
January 24, 2022 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exactech, Inc., a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced the acquisition of a minority interest in JointMedica Limited, a U.K.-based orthopaedic device designer and manufacturer. The companies will collaborate to deliver the next generation of hip resurfacing to the global market with JointMedica’s primary product, the Polymotion® hip implant.
“Both Exactech and JointMedica fundamentally understand
Update December 2021
I’ve been busy playing at ”Lumberjack” cutting trees damaged in the recent storm and for sure without you/Koen de Smet/MatOrtho ReCerf -I’d not have been able to do so.
AUGUST 2 2021 – BRIAN’s YEAR 2 POST OPERATIVE UPDATE C on C Re Cerf with Dr Koen De Smet -June 2019 Johannesburg
OVERVIEW
I attended Dr Koen De Smet in Johannesburg 2 years ago and had a Mat Ortho Re Cerf Ceramic … Read the rest
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing vs Total Hip Replacement by Smith & Nephew 2016… Read the rest
AUGUST 2 2021 – BRIAN’s YEAR 2 POST OPERATIVE UPDATE C on C Re Cerf with Dr Koen De Smet -June 2019 Johannesburg
OVERVIEW
I attended Dr Koen De Smet in Johannesburg 2 years ago and had a Mat Ortho Re Cerf Ceramic /Ceramic left hip resurface procedure -it was a unknown entity -but my own research and consultation with the very accommodating Koen (backed by Mat Ortho communications ref Re Cerf) -gave me the … Read the rest
What is the difference between a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) and a total hip replacement (THR)?
The fundamental difference between a BHR and a conventional total hip replacement (THR) is in the femoral (thigh) side. A THR has a long stem inserted into the canal in the thigh bone. Hence the natural femoral head and part of the neck are removed and weight is transmitted through the stem directly into the upper third of the … Read the rest
Thomas Gross MD 7/10/2021
Dr. Gross discusses the new ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing devices and compares them to metal on metal hip resurfacing devises. His summary conclusion:
“I am also involved in CoC HRA development. If these become available in the US I will be involved in early trials. Avoiding the whole tiresome discussion of allergy/toxicity/metallosis would be nice. But if I needed surgery, I would personally choose the proven uncemented MoM HRA which … Read the rest
Posted June 21, 2020
… Read the restThe original videos are also available from Dr. Gross’s Website here: