Article by Patricia Walter and Hip Resurfacing Surgeon Patients and prospective patients are always concerned about the complications that could occur after a hip resurfacing surgery. The typical problems include femur neck fractures, dislocations, loose acetabular cups, improperly positioned acetabular cups, high metal ions, infections, pseudotumors, ALVAL and metalosis. There has been a…
Continue reading →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. … Continue reading →
The McMinn Centre Published on Dec 13, 2018
Mr Derek McMinn interviews Mrs Maureen Berry, a patient with a 46 year old Metal on Metal Total Hip Replacement and 22 year old Birmingham Hip Resurfacing. They talk about her experiences and how MoM hips can have highly successful outcomes.
Read Study Here – August 2017 Forsthoefel CW , Brown NM , Barba ML Mechanical wear at the articular surface and corrosive processes at modular junctions, such as the trunnion, are responsible for metal ions production. We retrospectively reviewed 64 patients who underwent THA with a metal on metal bearing … Continue reading →
Read Original Article at McMinn Center Response to Telegraph Article – News Feed Monday 3rd July 2017 In response to the recent Telegraph article, Mr McMinn would like to reassure all of his patients that nothing has changed in the outcomes of our hip resurfacing and total hip replacement patients. … Continue reading →
Original MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT by UK MHRA 2017 Available Here The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) UK has called for longer-term monitoring of all patients fitted with metal-on-metal hip implants, as a precautionary measure, in an update to its original guidance issued in 2012. “MHRA, in colsultation with … Continue reading →
Read Complete Study Here Recent studies indicate that females demonstrate an increased risk of experiencing adverse local tissue reactions, aseptic loosening, and revision after primary metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty compared with males; the underlying biological mechanisms responsible for sex discrepancies in implant failure remain unclear. In addition to anatomical and … Continue reading →
Very Interesting article explaining metal on metal wear in total hip replacement which is similar to hip resurfacing mom devices. Read Article Here
Continue reading →Read Two4One’s Full Story Here September 15, 2016 – First, I want to correct that I had my last ceramic and titanium bilateral hip revisions (to a failed bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing) completed in November 2014 – not Nov 2105. Secondly, after an almost 2 year recovery, I can most … Continue reading →
Vicky Marlow, Patient Advocate who has sadly passed on, interviews Pat Campbell about Metal Ions and Pseudotumors in 2009. Dr. Pat Campbell from Vicky Marlow – Patient Advocate on Vimeo.
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 →
Published on May 16, 2013 A growing number of patients learn of nickel allergies to new hips & knees only after surgery is done DENVER, CO – May 15, 2013- Imagine what Paula Spurlock must have been going through. Shortly after having a total hip replacement in 2011, the trouble started. "I had horrible itching,…
Continue reading →Derek McMinn addresses the recent Concerns about Hip Resurfacing and Metal on Metal (MoM) implants Interview by Vicky Marlow Updated 6/10/2010 Original Link: http://vimeo.com/12418781 Internationally renowned hip and knee surgeon and designer and pioneer of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, Derek McMinn addresses concerns about Hip Resurfacing and Metal on Metal (MoM) implants Derek McMinn has…
Continue reading →Updated 2/2/2012 Metal Ions Questions & AnswersOriginal information from McMinn Center Website below: http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/metal-ions-questions-answers.html Earlier in 2011, the McMinn Centre team travelled to a meeting in Arizona and answered several questions about Metal-on-Metal (MoM) implants and issues to do with metal ions. The questions were posted by BHR users from the Surface Hippy website. For…
Continue reading →Updated 3/14/2013 Peter Kay Response to Metal Ion Level Test for MOM in UK after FDA update 1/2013 I think overall, from the U.K. perspective, metal-on-metal has been a real problem. (For) most surgeons in the United Kingdom, our usage of metal-on-metal hip replacements has dwindled to almost nothing because we cannot really find any…
Continue reading →Information from Dr. De Smet’s Website Link to Dr. De Smets Website and Original Article http://www.hip-clinic.com:80/en/html/metal_allergy.html (from www.metalsensitivity.com) Occasional reports of joint replacement implant failure because of an apparent allergy to one of the metals in the device have appeared in the orthopedic literature ever since metal implants were used. (1-3) It is now recognized…
Continue reading →Metal ion levels in a triathlete with a metal-on-metal resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip R. De Haan, MD, Orthopaedic Resident1; P. Campbell, PhD, Research Scientist, Associate Professor2; S. Reid, MD, PhD, Sports Medicine Physician3; A. K. Skipor, MS, Research Scientist4; and K. De Smet, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon1 1 ANCA Medical Center, Krijgslaan 181, 9000 Gent,…
Continue reading →Updated 2/15/12 Read more here: http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=92453 Although metal allergy with total joint replacement exists, the prevalence of this condition is unknown, according to Joshua J. Jacobs, MD. "Metal allergy [with] orthopedic implants has been well documented in isolated cases," Jacobs said during his presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2012 Annual Meeting/Orthopaedics Research…
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