Hip Resurfacing Has a New Life — What This Means for You
3/23/2026 By Thomas P. Gross, MD – Hip Resurfacing Surgeon
Hip resurfacing in the United States is entering an exciting new chapter. Beginning in June 2026, the Recap/Magnum resurfacing implant—made to the same specifications previously used by Zimmer Biomet—will once again be available. It took more than a year and a half to purchase the design rights, but manufacturing has now restarted, and implants should arrive in Columbia, SC early this summer.
This comes at the perfect time, as the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) implant made by Smith & Nephew is being phased out. Once our center, Midlands Orthopaedics, has several months of supply, these new Recap/Magnum implants and updated instruments will become available to other surgeons across the U.S. Our goal is simple:
We want to keep hip resurfacing available to patients everywhere—not just at our center.
I do not receive royalties for this implant.
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