RBHR Dr. Schlamzried November 2010 Pat, Thanks for your website it really helped me navigate the process. I’m 50, athletic, arthritic (ankylosing spondylitis), bone on bone in both hips. I had a right Birmingham hip mid-Nov with Dr. Schmalzried. I would say so far a very successful story. He had me get on a stationary… Continue reading →
Updated 3/24/09 Link http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/surfacehippy/message/24763 …I had mine done by Mr McMinn at the ROH in Birmingham when the procedure was a twinkle in most peoples eyes. I had CDH which was only diagnosed at 4yrs so I had many ops to try to ‘build’ a hip socket but it finally gave up the ghost and… Continue reading →
Click Arrow to view videoJoseph Daniel, Director of Research at the McMinn Center in Birmingham UK, talks about the 10 year survival of double heat-treated resurfacings from 1996 and the effect that these heat treatments had on this series of hip resurfacings. The McMinn Centre 25 Highfield Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3DP Tel: 0121… Continue reading →
Metal-on-metal hip replacement h NHS hospitals to be banned from fitting metal-on-metal hip replacements after high failure rate NHS hospitals are to be banned from fitting most metal-on-metal hip replacements after a study found unacceptably high failure rates among implants in 17, 000 patients http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10406198/NHS-hospitals-to-be-banned-from-fitting-metal-on-metal-hip-replacements-after-high-failure-rate.html Mr. Treacy’s Comments: Metal-on-metal hip replacement has not been "banned";… Continue reading →
Updated 11/9/09 Dr. Su’s experience with hip resurfacing shows 1.3% complication rate November 16, 2011 Original Link http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=89618 The retrospective study, which analyzed 925 hip resurfacings performed by Edwin Su, MD, between 2004 and 2009 with a minimum follow-up of 2 years, looked at three implants: Wright Medical’s Conserve Plus Total Resurfacing Hip System, Biomet… Continue reading →
Updated 10/23/2014 BHR – Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System by Smith & Nephew Dr. Gross has used the Cementless Biomet since 2007 Dr.Pritchett Explains Metal Free Cementless Hip Resurfacing Device 2014 (Synovo Preserve) Corin Cormet Hip Resurfacing Device withdrawn from US Market 2013 Wright Medical Conserve Plus Hip Resurfacing Device withdrawn from US Market 2014 ASR… Continue reading →
BHR 10 years of Data The first BHR was implanted in July 1997 and it is unchanged until present day. 96.1% survivorship overall McMinn 99.8% at 8 years Treacy 99% at minimum 5 years Shimmin et al 99.14% at 3 years Oswestry Cohort, FDA approval Data 2006 98.7% at 4 years U.S. Statistics as… Continue reading →
Derek McMinn addresses the recent Concerns about Hip Resurfacing and Metal on Metal (MoM) implants Interview by Vicky Marlow Updated 6/10/2010 Original Link: http://vimeo.com/12418781 Internationally renowned hip and knee surgeon and designer and pioneer of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, Derek McMinn addresses concerns about Hip Resurfacing and Metal on Metal (MoM) implants Derek McMinn has… Continue reading →
Updated 2/2/2012 Metal Ions Questions & AnswersOriginal information from McMinn Center Website below: http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/metal-ions-questions-answers.html Earlier in 2011, the McMinn Centre team travelled to a meeting in Arizona and answered several questions about Metal-on-Metal (MoM) implants and issues to do with metal ions. The questions were posted by BHR users from the Surface Hippy website. For… Continue reading →