updated 6/9/09 A picture is worth a thousand words! A sketch by Patricia Walter illustrates a hip resurfacing device on the left compared to a total hip replacement device on the right. Which bone sparing device looks more natural and bone conserving to you? According to medical studies, a hip resurfacing provides a more natural…
Continue reading →A Modified Posterior Approach Preserves Femoral Head Oxgenation During Hip Resurfacing Updated 3/25/2010 A Modified Posterior Approach Preserves Femoral Head Oxgenation During Hip Resurfacing Steffen RT, De Smet KA, Murray DW, Gill HS 2010 Mar 22 Original Link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20334994?dopt=AbstractPlus Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.…
Continue reading →What it is Like Having Surgery in Belgium Other Posts by Lynn This Is What It Means To Be Healed June In Belgium – My Second BHR What It Is Like Having Surgery In Belgium Life At Home 6 Weeks After My First BHR Surgery Hello to all of you who are Belgium Hippy’s, or…
Continue reading →Bi-Lat with Dr. De Smet December 2006 Updated 1/2/09 Kani at the Villa in Belgium The following is an account of my bilateral hip resurfacing adventure gathered from some emails I had sent and some of which were posted on the Surface Hippy website. I hope they will give an insight for anyone interested in…
Continue reading →The exercise-related rise in plasma cobalt levels after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty 2008 M. Khan, MRCS, PhD Student, Clinical Research Fellow1; J.-H. Kuiper, PhD, Lecturer in Biomechanics1; and J. B. Richardson, MD, FRCS, Professor of Orthopaedics1 1 Institute of Orthopaedics The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen, Shropshire SY10 7AG, UK. Wear of…
Continue reading →Updated 2/11/2012 Original Link: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/09/4251899/new-clinical-results-further-distance.html Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012 LONDON, February 9, 2012 -PRNewswire/ – Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN; LSE:SN), the global medical technology business, today announced the results of a new study for its BIRMINGHAM HIP™ Resurfacing (BHR) System. The study, carried out at the request of the FDA, followed the progress of…
Continue reading →By Sharon Dr.Gross, Rt. Biomet 8/24/06 Searching The Medical Literature: I regularly search and use medical literature. A couple of tips. First, many public or state libraries will provide single copies or pdf. files if you give them the citation. This policy probably varies greatly with budget limitations and locale, but it is worth inquiring. Local…
Continue reading →Watching Dr. Kusuma perform a live BHR surgery I had the opportunity to watch a live BHR hip resurfacing surgery at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH on Oct. 7, 2011. The story below is from a layman’s perspective since I am not medically trained. I have written the story so patients can…
Continue reading →ASR Recall by DePuy Updated 8/31/2010 DePuy has announced that it is voluntarily recalling the ASR™ XL Acetabular Head System and DePuy ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System. DePuy is providing the information below to help visitors with questions and concerns. Visitors are also invited to visit the DePuy website at www.depuy.com. DePuy makes patient safety and…
Continue reading →R C2K July 17, 2006 and LC2K 09/02/07 Dr. Frank Smith Hamilton, Ontario Canada For anyone who is interested, here is a brief and boring account of my surgery and hospital stay. I was in hospital from Monday the 17th to Saturday July 22.The actual sugary took an hour and a half, and went very…
Continue reading →Return to FAQ LIST Dr. De SmetAlso called peeping, called by Dr.De Smet the "peepcreep". The squeaking noises are produced due to a temporary lack of lubrication, a dry running of the metal-on-metal prosthesis. It sounds as a non-lubricated creaking hinge of a door. The duration of the noise is normally less then 24…
Continue reading →The issue of cup slippage in the immediate postop period is a controversial one.While bone ingrowth takes around 6 wks. – the hydroxy apatite to bone chemical reaction can occur much more quickly.If we surgeons feel that the cup is not perfectly tight ( press fit) during the surgery then we restrict activities for a 6…
Continue reading →RASR April 2007 Dr. Antoniou Canada Richard from Nova Scotia Antoniou RASR April 10 2007 I’m a new 69 year old surfacehippy that was in pretty good shape before the operation and am now 10 days post op in Montreal. Staples were removed yesterday and I’ll be returning to Nova Scotia tomorrow. At the outset…
Continue reading →Sign McMinn Center Petition to Smith & Nephew PLC: Reversal of decision to withdraw Birmingham Hip Resurfacing implants for women by clicking on link below: https://www.change.org/p/smith-nephew-plc-reversal-of-decision-to-withdraw-birmingham-hip-resurfacing-implants-for-women-cfacc65d-7fcf-4816-879a-88d890915820?recruiter=349615452&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&rp_sharecordion_checklist=control The McMinn Centre has been overwhelmed by contact from concerned male and female patients who are devastated by Smith & Nephew’s decision and its implications. Many of our female patients have…
Continue reading →Study from Dr. McMinn’s Website "The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing was released in 1997. In Mr. McMinn’s series of nearly 2700 BHRs to date, the failure rate has been 1.2% at nearly 9 years. In the younger age group (under 55 years) with osteoarthritis, the failure rate of Mr. McMinn’s resurfacings is 0.2% (survival 99.8%) at…
Continue reading →RBHR Dr. Bose January 2007 Excerpts from Anne Grant’s Blog “Maud and Me” See Anne’s complete blog with LOTS of PHOTOS from India including the APOLLO HOSPITAL at http://maudandme.blogspot.com Maud Anne Grant Dr. Bose Thursday, December 28, 2006 Finding Maud "You should write a blog, Mom." Our older son, Lars, says it casually, smiling.…
Continue reading →Dr. Gross R Bio uncemented 9/5/07 – L Bio 10/10/07 From: "savannahhipchick" Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: Surgery with Dr. Gross Well, after watching this board on and off over the last four painful years, I finally had my right hip resurfed by Dr. Gross on Sept. 5, 2007. I want to…
Continue reading →San Diego – October 29, 2013 Could being socially isolated affect how well you do and the amount of pain you experience after surgery? Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) set out to test this hypothesis. They found that people who lacked good social ties were much more likely to experience serious, ongoing pain…
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