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Title: Titanium Resurface?
Post by: Tin Soldier on February 05, 2011, 10:12:16 PM

Did I hear my neighber wrong when she said she had a Titanium resurfacing? I've heard of Ti with ceramic and maybe poly for a THR, but RS?

Title: Re: Titanium Resurface?
Post by: Lopsided on February 06, 2011, 12:37:53 AM

The patients in Gent who got THR at the same time as I got resurfacing got THR devices made from titanium alloy with ceramic inserts. All of the resurfacing devices that I could find details about when I did research were made of cobalt-chrome-molybdenum alloy, with the only variation being whether they were made as cast or heat treated.

Title: Re: Titanium Resurface?
Post by: AlanN on February 06, 2011, 09:03:57 AM

There is a ceramic BHR option but I've never heard of a Ti one?

http://www.hipresurfacingnews.com/archives/270-Ceramic-on-Ceramic-Hip-Resurfacing-by-Mr.-McMinn.html

Ti would not be as durable as the standard alloy used in BHR anyway so don't personally see any possible advantage?

Title: Re: Titanium Resurface?
Post by: Tin Soldier on February 07, 2011, 03:10:36 PM

Thanks, I probably heard it wrong. I'll chat with her again. It's probabaly a THR.

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