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Dr. Brockwell Discusses Women and Hip Resurfacing
I am still using the BHR. I will resurface appropriate women (i.e. with head size over 48mm…).
I think the majority of young men men have osteoarthritis (OA) secondary to FAI (which I treat by arthroscopy) but about half of the young women have some form of acetabular dysplasia/DDH, and the other half have OA because of FAI. Thus tall phycially active women with OA from FAI can expect to do well with resurfacing, but … Read the rest
Hip Resurfacing for Women by Dr. Gross 2013
Dedicated to the memory of Vicky Marlow, a women’s advocate for hip resurfacing Updated 3/7/2013 |
Hip Resurfacing for WomenDedicated to the memory of Vicky Marlow, a women’s advocate for hip resurfacing.Thomas P Gross MD Grossortho.com prepared on 3/1/2013 PDF of Article is Available here: https://surfacehippy.info/pdf/Hip-Resurfacing-for-Women-Dr-Gross-2013.pdf There has been extensive recent negative media attention focused on metal bearing total hips, hip resurfacing and particularly hip resurfacing in women. Many hip surgeons feel that this |