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Tin Soldier

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Titanium Resurface?
« 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?
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Lopsided

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Re: Titanium Resurface?
« Reply #1 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.




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Re: Titanium Resurface?
« Reply #2 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?
Alan
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Re: Titanium Resurface?
« Reply #3 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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