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Birmingham hip resurfacing IS ACETABULAR BONE CONSERVED?
For age-matched women, the mean outside diameter of the Birmingham hip resurfacing acetabular components was 2.03 mm less than that of the acetabular components in the uncemented total hip replacements (p < 0.0001).
Stryker Recall on Modular Neck Systems THR's
This voluntary recall was initiated due to the potential risks associated with modular-neck stems. These risks include the potential for fretting and/or corrosion at or about the modular-neck junction, which may result in adverse local tissue reactions manifesting with pain and/or swelling. Please see the FAQs below for more information.
Soft tissue reactions to metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty are due mostly to surface wear
MANCHESTER Researchers reported that adverse soft tissue reactions following metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty are typically due to increased wear of the bearing surfaces, and patients with smaller femoral heads may be particularly susceptible to these complications.
A Joint Venture Is the New Hip Thing
The hum of machines is ubiquitous in the Smith & Nephew factory, where the floor is divided into "cells" the size of small rooms, each a self-contained assembly line making a particular part. Workers in a cell transform a dull-gray metal piece, cast at another facility, into a gleaming, perfectly shaped finished product, measured to an accuracy of a few microns.
Optimal acetabular cup positioning is attained in less than 50% of cases, study reports
NEW ORLEANS High-volume surgeons are more likely than low-volume surgeons to attain optimal cup positioning for total hip arthroplasty, but both groups still attain optimal cup positioning less than half of the time, according to a study presented here.
With Warning, a Hip Device (ASR) Is Withdrawn
A unit of Johnson & Johnson, just months after saying it was phasing out an artificial hip implant because of slowing sales, has warned doctors that the device appears to have a high early failure rate in some patients.
Concerns Over 'Metal on Metal' Hip Implants
Some of the nation™s leading orthopedic surgeons have reduced or stopped use of a popular category of artificial hips amid concerns that the devices are causing severe tissue and bone damage in some patients, often requiring replacement surgery within a year or two.
Knowing the cause of resurfacing failure can ensure successful conversion to THR
Although hip resurfacing is becoming a popular option for surgeons treating young and active patients, the procedure carries a higher short-term failure rate than total hip arthroplasty, according to a New York surgeon.
Learn from others to minimize learning curve with hip resurfacing arthroplasty
Orthopedic surgeons experienced in hip resurfacing know that performing the procedure correctly is associated with a fairly steep learning curve. To help minimize that curve, a surgeon speaking at Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2010 discussed how his resurfacing results improved over time.
Learning Curve - Various Articles
Femoral neck fractures dramatic failure for patient and surgeons a technique-related complication that must be surmounted.
FDA gives Wright Medical approval to market Conserve Plus resurfacing system
The Conserve Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System, manufactured by Wright Medical Group Inc., Arlington, Tenn., has been cleared for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company announced yesterday.
Hip Surgery With a Future
Dr. William B. Macaulay Jr. is one of this country™s leading practitioners of hip resurfacing. Since it is not any easier on a patient than a total replacement, he says a patient should have pain every day before even thinking about it.