I just wanted to add that the 2011 Australian Registry Information which I posted here
http://surfacehippy.info/hiptalk/index.php?topic=3374.0gives the
6.3% revision rate for BHR at 10 years. It is one year newer than the information Prof. Yates was reviewing. So the outcomes are still doing well and again, it depends on whether you are a large man/woman or smaller man/woman. I just use the overall retention rate which I will now have to change to 94% according to the newest statistics from Australia. The UK surgeon series like McMinn and Treacy are much higher.
Info from the Smith & Nephew meeting in AZ April 2011 below:
McMinn/Treacy series at 10 years -
BHR suvivorship is 99.74%The Oswestry Registry at 5-8 years for 58 surgeons in 8 countries - not including McMinn/Treacy, for 679 hips is
95.7% at 8 years.
The Swedish Registry 2008 reports at 7 years
BHR survivorship all ages is over 98.8% Still great outcomes for the right candidates.
Pat