Updated 2/20/2010 DEAR PAT WHAT ABOUT NAVIGATION Today navigation is still a tool that is not easy to use and that needs a certain learning curve as resurfacing itself also has. So it is not a useful tool today for resurfacing beginners, where it should be! It would be nice if it would be a…
Continue reading →Clinical experience of Ganz surgical dislocation approach for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing Updated 3/25/2010 Clinical experience of Ganz surgical dislocation approach for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing Beaulé PE, Shim P, Banga K 2009 Jun 24 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19553070 The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Although the posterior approach is the most commonly used for hip resurfacing,… Continue reading →
By Dr. McMinn, UK April 14, 2006 14/04/2006 BLOOD LEVELS OF METALS EQUALLY HIGH IN SURFACE REPLACEMENT AND TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT PATIENTS The modern surface hip replacement devices are always of the type metal-on-metal type. Their bearing surfaces are considerably greater (diameter 52 – 56 mm) then the bearing surfaces of the “conventional” metal-on-metal total… Continue reading →
CEMENT PENETRATION IN HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY: FEMORAL COMPONENT DESIGN AND CEMENTATION TECHNIQUE PE Beaulé*, W. Matar*, P. Poitras*, K. Smit* and O. May§ *University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada §Université de Lille 2, Lille, Nord, France PURPOSE: Retrieval analyses of failed metal on metal hip resurfacings have shown variability in cement penetration and mantle. Multiple… Continue reading →
Link Stryker Issues Statement Regarding FDA Warning Letter KALAMAZOO, Mich., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) today issued the following statement in response to recent media attention regarding a Warning Letter dated November 28, 2007, that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published on its web site on January 15,… Continue reading →
Matteo Cadossi, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Tedesco, MD; Andrea Sambri, MD; Antonio Mazzotti, MD; Sandro Giannini, MD August 20, 2015 Read Complete Article Here …Hip resurfacing offers a suitable solution for young patients affected by hip disease who have high function demands and good bone quality. Bone stock preservation, restoration of the normal proximal femur anatomy,… Continue reading →