RBHR Dr. Snyder May 2010 May 9, 2010Just home after two days in the hospital: R HR. I feel surprisingly well. As many have said before me, all my pre-surgery symptoms are gone! They have been replaced by soreness [no surprise]. Everything feels connected as before. Not yet up for writing anything significant but I…
Continue reading →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 →Link http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/content/short/90-B/9/1137 A SERIES OF 110 CONSECUTIVE HIPS WITH A MINIMUM FIVE-YEAR CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL FOLLOW-UP G. N. A. Heilpern, MRCS, Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar1; N. N. Shah, FRCS, Senior Clinical Fellow2; and M. J. F. Fordyce, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon3 1 King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. 2 Great Ormond Street Hospital,…
Continue reading →Updated 1/25/2012 More information can be found here: http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/news-archive.html 1st February 2012 Metal-on-Metal Implants – Addressing the Negative Press We have been receiving phone calls following recent press reports on failed metal-on-metal hip implants. We understand these sensationalist stories may cause anxiety among some patients. However, we would like to reassure our patients that these…
Continue reading →Adoption of Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty at Hospital for Special Surgery: a Cohort Study Edwin P. Su and Sherwin L. Su June 4, 2010 Background Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) is an alternative to traditional total hip replacement (THR) that allows for the preservation of femoral bone. It is a more technically difficult procedure that has led…
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 →Read Complete Study by clicking here May 2011 Despite being proclaimed as "The operation of the century," total hip arthroplasty is far from an ideal procedure. In fact, one study found that "in spite of a good hip score, only 43% of patients had all of their expectations completely fulfilled," said Robert L. Barrack, MD,…
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 →Sports Activity After Total Hip Resurfacing Study Updated 3/19/2010 Sports Activity After Total Hip Resurfacing Original Link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20223940?dopt=Abstract March 11, 2010 Banerjee M, Bouillon B, Banerjee C, Bäthis H, Lefering R, Nardini M, Schmidt J. Dreifaltigkeits-Krankenhaus and Cologne Merheim Medical Center. BACKGROUND: Little is known about sports activity after total hip resurfacing. HYPOTHESIS: Patients undergoing…
Continue reading →Updated 10/1/2014 Featured Speakers: Mr. Derek McMinn, The McMinn Centre for Joint Replacement Surgery, Birmingham, UK Dr. Edwin Su, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY Dr. Peter Brooks Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH Dr. Kusuma, Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH Dr. Ray Wasielewski, Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH The primary purpose of the 1st Annual…
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 →Updated 10/19/2012 Patients Report Improvement in Quality of Life and Satisfaction After Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty Wael A. Rahman MD, Nelson V. Greidanus MD, MPH, Alexander Siegmeth MD, Bassam A. Masri MD, Clive P. Duncan MD, MSc, Donald S. Garbuz MD, MHSc Symposium: Papers Presented at the Annual Meetings of The Hip Society Online First ™…
Continue reading →What are the differences between the posterior and anterior surgical approaches? Recovery is quicker with the posterior approach because no important muscle groups are sectioned. The posterior approach is also well-suited for patients who are large, well muscled or who require special techniques to implant the hip resurfacing socket. To improve stability and reduce the…
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