FDA Approval of the BHR at Surface Hippy
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1: J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005 Apr;87(4):463-4. Femoral neck fractures following Birmingham hip resurfacing: a national review of 50 cases. Shimmin AJ, Back D. Melbourne Orthopaedic Group, 33 The Avenue, Windsor, Victoria 3181, Australia. ashimmin@optusnet.com.au Between April 1999 and April 2004, 3497 Birmingham hips were inserted by 89 surgeons. Fracture of the neck of the femur occurred in 50 patients, an incidence of 1.46%. Complete data were available for 45 patients in whom the |
Dr. De Smet 2006
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U.S. FDA to Collect Adverse Event Data Despite UK Recall of Metal Hip Implants http://fdanews.com/newsletter/article?issueId=14568&articleId=135224 Quality problems with metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacement systems, like Johnson & Johnson (J&J)’s ASR devices, may not be as widespread as UK data indicates, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says. National Joint Registry of England and Wales data, which last year showed high revision rates for two ASR hip resurfacing systems, led to a UK medical device alert |
Hip resurfacing: Fewer risks, more benefits. ARTHRITIS of the hip joint is a common problem in India. It occurs due to damage to the joint from various conditions such as Osteoarthritis (wear and tear arthritis), avascular necrosis (death of the bone due to lack of blood supply), trauma or injury (previous hip fractures), infection, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and other diseases. It causes severe pain, stiffness, deformity, decreased mobility and severe disability. In India, hip |
Prednisone and Massage By Nicole Cutler One of the most often presented conditions that massage therapists encounter is chronic pain, making pain management and relief a chief goal of a massage session. Sometimes though, regular massage therapy may not be enough to relieve this kind of pain, and clients may rely on traditional Western medicine for help. The most common doctor-prescribed medications for chronic pain relief are steroids, particularly Prednisone, which is primarily used as |
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Dwight Pargee March 22, 2009 My saga So I’m sitting here with an iv in my arm, getting my daily dose of antibiotics and reflecting back over the last two years, thought I’d share my story. The good news is I won’t be buying any new shoes for the next couple of months, actually that’s not so good news because I love buying shoes…but I digress. Back in 1997 I was 33 and playing in |
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August 10, 2006 There are two ways to look at approaches to hip resurfacing or any hip arthroplasty. One is to view it with the amount of muscle damage done. The other is to view it in respect to the blood supply or the vascularity. The post approach is traditionally known as the muscle sparing approach and the anterior and anterolateral approaches are the muscle compromising approaches. These approaches are known as Hardinge approach or |
My name is Geoff Robertson and I live in Rossland B.C. Canada. I’m 45 years young, very fit and active and a person who’d suffered with osteoarthritis in both hips for about 3-4 years, before finally making the decision to have surgery to repair the problem. I was scared to death of having such a major surgery, but I slowly came to the realization that I just couldn’t continue to live with the constant pain |
I’m a single, 48-year-old female, living in Louisville,
Colorado, and after suffering from osteoarthritis (OA) for
4+ years, I feel compelled to tell my story.
My OA experience actually begins about 25 years ago…
I was having some cranky sensations (pain is too strong a
word, given what I feel these days!) in my left hip. At the
time, I was at university, a card-carrying pedestrian—with a
pounding style of long-stride walking. Plus I was … Read the rest
Now for my little surgery story: I had severe OA in my left hip, but held on to |
READ COMPLETE ARTICLE Florian-D. Naal, MD*, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, PhD, Urs Munzinger, MD and Otmar Hersche, MD From the Joint Center, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland Published on May 1, 2007 Background: No information is available concerning patients’ sports activity after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. Hypothesis: Patients treated by hip resurfacing arthroplasty will be able to achieve a high level of sports activity. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: We surveyed 112 patients by |
Sam Whiting Sunday, July 30, 2006 Arthritis has eaten away all the cartilage on Frank Stonich’s left hip, so he was pleased to hear he’d be the first person in California to receive the ball-and-socket being introduced by Dr. Robert Gilbert of California Pacific Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. The device, called the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System, (BHR) is less invasive than total hip replacement because it saves the knob at the top of the thigh |
Date Issued: Jan. 17, 2013 Audience:
Medical Specialties: Orthopaedics, General Medicine, Family Practice, Radiology, Radiologic Technology, Clinical Laboratory Managers and Directors Device: Metal-on-metal hip implants consist of a ball, stem and shell, all made from cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloys. There are two types of metal-on-metal hip implants1:
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