There are currently two basic surgery options available for hip replacement, a Hip Resurfacing or a Total Hip Replacement. A total hip replacement, THR, has been the gold standard for many years. THR is major surgery that can result in a long post-op recovery and often limits your activities depending on the type…
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 →Updated 1/22/2014 Original Article here http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/pdf/winter-2013.pdf Earlier this year, Mr McMinn presented these results in a web lecture entitled ‘BHR and Other Options’… …Mr McMinn makes three key statements during the lecture: hip resurfacing has better function compared to Total Hip Replacement ( THR) BHR in young people has lower revision rate than THR BHR…
Continue reading →Bi-lat Dr. Bose 2/16 and 8/15/2006 Linda at the 2007 American Karate Alliance Nationals held in Albuquerque N.M. Linda placed first in creative weapons… and two seconds in other divisions. I started taking karate in 1976 under George Annarino of Newark Ohio. The style I train is a mixture of Japanese and Okinawan styles.…
Continue reading →Read Complete Study by Clicking Here: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00264-014-2506-8 Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing compared with total hip arthroplasty two to five year outcomes in men younger than sixty five years Leslie A. Fink Barnes, Skylar H. Johnson, David A. Patrick Jr, William Macaulay There are limited studies examining the long-term survivorship for the current generation of metal-on-metal hip…
Continue reading →BHR March 17, 2007 Dr. Malhan Bombay, India I had the Birmingham hip resurfacing BHR done March 17, 2007 in the international program at Wockhardt, Mumbai, India. I thought the care given me was better than I received in my local Florida hospital. I saw Wockhardt doctors, nurses and staff all work together professionally and…
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 →Study of cobalt and chromium levels in offspring of patients with metal-on-metal hip implants Updated 11/9/09 03/09/2010"You Have Your MoM’s Ions" Study finds elevated levels of cobalt and chromium in offspring of patients with metal-on-metal hip implants NEW ORLEANS, LA Hip replacement patients with metal-on-metal (MoM) implants (both the socket and hip ball are…
Continue reading →I find it important to provide t I find it important to provide the most reliable information available on the Surface Hippy Website. Since it started in 2005, there have been a variety of hip resurfacing devices available. Only three have been approved by the FDA. The information posted on Surface Hippy is based on…
Continue reading →* These suggestions are followed by most doctors – but you must ask your doctor what rules you must followUpdated 8/12/08 Correct Hip Positioning Keep your operated leg facing straight forward when sitting, walking, or lying down. Do the Following: Keep your knee lower than your operated hip. Do Not Do…
Continue reading →The anterolateral approach leads to less disruption of the femoral head-neck blood supply than the posterior approach during hip resurfacing 2007 R. Steffen, MRCS, Clinical Research Fellow1; K. O’Rourke, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon2; H. S. Gill, DPhil, University Research Lecturer1; and D. W. Murray, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1 1 Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University…
Continue reading →Read Complete Article Here November 19, 2013 Health care giant Johnson & Johnson Co.’s ( JNJ ) medical-device unit DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., announced Tuesday that it has reached a $2.5 billion settlement to compensate patients in the U.S. who were subject to a second surgery, known as revision surgery, to replace their recalled DePuy ASR…
Continue reading →January 9, 2015 THR= total hip replacement HRA= hip resurfacing arthroplasty If an HRA has failed, I try to solve the problem by revising only the acetabular component whenever possible because HRA are functionally better than THR. If only the acetabular component is revised, the patient still has a HRA. If the femoral component is…
Continue reading →L Biomet Dr. Gross July 11, 2005 One detail that may be of interest to your readers concerns a pain that I had after the surgery, and what (with the assistance of Ms. Webb, Dr. Gross’s nurse and surgical assistant) I was able to do about it. Perhaps this would fit on the Slow Recovery…
Continue reading →Preparations by Marla Jacobson 2006 Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross Other Information by Marla Research & Decision Making Preparations The Big Event Coming Home and Surviving at Home 1. Keep a notebook with all of your questions, and the answers as you receive them. There is no question that is too trivial. 2. If you’re…
Continue reading →L C+ 3/24/1998 R C+ 2/12/2004 Dr. Amstutz Ten Year Anniversary I’m saying hello on the eve of my ten year anniversary. In early 1998 there were fewer than 40 resurfacings in the U.S. and of course no surfacehippy group or knowledge base. My thanks to Keith and all you posters. My story A former…
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