Acetabular Bone Loss in Hip Resurfacing Compared to Total Hip Replacement by Dr. Bose

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Updated 10/1/2014 Information Obtained by Vicky Marlow Freelance Patient Advocate Volunteer 6/15/08 One of my patients from India who has had a resurfacing, briefed me on the current discussion in the surfacehippy forum regarding Dr. Klappers opinion of losing acetabular bone in an attempt to preserve femoral head bone in resurfacing. He wanted to know… Continue reading →

Analysis of Wear of Retrieved Implants 2010

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Analysis of wear of retrieved metal-on-metal hip resurfacing implants revised due to pseudotumours Study 2010 Updated 3/19/2010 Analysis of wear of retrieved metal-on-metal hip resurfacing implants revised due to pseudotumours March 2010 Link  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20190305 Kwon YM, Glyn-Jones S, Simpson DJ, Kamali A, McLardy-Smith P, Gill HS, Murray DW. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital,… Continue reading →

Dr. Rogerson Discusses Hip Resurfacing and Women

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Recent BHR news flash for females & others Notice & Discussion of Recent BHR Data: John Rogerson, M.D.  6/19/15  We recently (June 3, 2015) received notification from Smith & Nephew, Inc., the manufacturer and distributor of the Birmingham hip resurfacing prosthesis (BHR), of a voluntary removal (NOT RECALL) from the market of a number of… Continue reading →

Survivorship Rates for Hip Resurfacing from National Registries

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Updated 1/20/2012 Survivorship Rates for Hip Resurfacing from National Registries Australian Orthopedic Association National Registry 2011 The cumulative percent revision at ten years for primary total resurfacing hip replacement undertaken for osteoarthritis is 7.5% There are six prostheses with over 1,000 observed component years, the ASR, Adept, BHR, Cormet, Durom and Mitch TRH. At seven… Continue reading →

Primary Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty 2014 Study

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Updated 10/1/2014 R. Lass, MD; A. Grübl, MD2; A. Kolb, MD1; S. Domayer, MD; C. Csuk, MD; B. Kubista, MD; A. Giurea, MD; R. Windhager, MD March 05, 2014  Read Original Study by Clicking Here  http://jbjs.org/article.aspx?articleid=1832017 Background: Second-generation, metal-on-metal bearings were introduced in 1988, to reduce wear and avoid polyethylene particle-induced osteolysis from total hip… Continue reading →

Archive of failed joint replacements Helps Design New Devices

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Updated 11/2/2012 8-Feb-2012Archive of failed joint replacements provides tips to building a better hip replacement A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought to be the largest archive of… Continue reading →

Cortisone and Cognitive Function Study

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Full Study   http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/83/10/3487 In conclusion, this small prospective study in healthy older subjects indicates that there may be an association between adrenal steroid hormones and cognitive function. Free cortisol appeared to be associated with cognitive impairment, and cortisol after dexamethasone treatment increased the risk of cognitive decline. DHEAS was inversely, but not significantly, associated with… Continue reading →

FDA Approvals and Information About Off Label Hip Resurfacing Systems by Dr. Gross

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Updated 4/22/2013   FDA Proposing Premarket Approval Application for Metal on Metal Devices 2013 FDA Safety Communication: Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants 2013 Questions I should ask my orthopaedic surgeon about metal-on-metal hip implants by the FDA Wright Medical Group, Inc. Receives FDA Approval to Market CONSERVE® Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System FDA Approval of BHR -… Continue reading →

ASR Articular Surface Replacement System by DePuy, a Johnson & Johnson Company

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*ASR Surface Replacement System is no longer available Updated 2/26/2010 The status of DePuy Orthopaedics’ ASR platform as Feb. 2010 *Last fall of 2009, DePuy decided to discontinue ASR® XL Acetabular Head System and DePuy ASR® Hip Resurfacing Platform (not available in the U.S.) worldwide.   As a result of declining demand for the ASR platform… Continue reading →

Imageless Navigation in hip resurfacing increases good surgery outcomes

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Updated 11/30/08 Link  http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/Supplement_3/65 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2008;90:65-70. doi:10.2106/JBJS.H.00462 © 2008 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc. James R. Romanowski, MD1 and Michael L. Swank, MD2 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cincinnati, 224 Leather Leaf Lane, Lebanon, OH 45036 2 Cincinnati Orthopaedic Research Institute, 9825 Kenwood… Continue reading →

US doctors to learn innovative hip surgery by Leith Stewart in South Africa

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Updated 6/9/08 By Karen Breytenbach Two American orthopaedic surgeons have been taught an innovative hip surgery technique by a local surgeon. Leith Stewart, an orthopaedic surgeon at Claremont Hospital (South Arfrica), last week demonstrated the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) procedure to his guests, Ian Kovack from Kansas and Donald Polakoff from New Jersey. One patient… Continue reading →