Surface Arthroplasty Risk Index [SARI]
According to Dr Beaulé, the following patient selection factors can favourably impact modern resurfacing outcomes: - no large femoral head cyst; - no osteopenia/osteoporosis; - 65 or younger - no prior...
View ArticleHighly cross linked plastic cups
Low long term wear observed with multiple sized femoral heads using HXLPE in THA DALLAS — Femoral heads treated with highly cross-linked polyethylene showed low wear during long-term follow-up,...
View ArticleTenotomy - what is it?
I'm concerned about the planned adductor tenotomy because we are designed to have tendons that attach bone to muscle so if my tendon is cut away from the bone what after effects will I be left with?...
View ArticleDysplasia of the hip joint
The hip is a "ball-and-socket" joint. In a normal hip, the ball at the upper end of the thigh bone (femur) fits firmly into the socket, which is part of the large pelvis. In babies and children with...
View ArticleBIRMINGHAM HIP (BHR) Resurfacing System
BIRMINGHAM HIP (BHR) Resurfacing System An alternative to total hip replacement. Younger active male patients who suffer from hip pain due to non-inflammatory arthritis (degenerative joint disease)...
View ArticleHip articulations (videos) - How the hip joint works
http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Hip.html This link shows the various movements of the hip as well as each individual muscle involved as well as exercises to improve the movement following surgery and...
View ArticleHip arthroplasty follow-up at 62 years!
JBJS Vol: 93-B 2011 issue # 9 September Smith-Peterson Vitallium mould arthroplasty A 63 year follow-up by J. F. Baker, M. H. Vioreanu, H. A. Khan, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland A 91 year old...
View ArticleHardware differences and statistics (hips)
If it's simple stats you're after, you could do worse than look at the UK Joint Registry 2012 report. You need to go straight to page 118 "Outcomes after primary hip replacement 2003 to 2011" and after...
View ArticleHip replacements for under-60s soaring UK
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online - 2 March 2016 The number of hip replacement operations on people aged under 60 has risen 76% in the last decade, NHS figures for England reveal. In...
View ArticleIdiopathic chondrolysis of the hip
Idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip Idiopathic means of unknown origin Chondrolysis means the disappearance of articular cartilage as the result of disintegration or dissolution of the cartilage matrix...
View ArticleFractured neck of femur
About fractured neck of femur. The decision to pin or not is not an arbitrary decision by the surgeon but based on clear parameters of what we know will work and what is unlikely to work. It's all...
View ArticleTeenage hip replacements
Here are links to threads for 9 teenage BoneSmarties who have had hip replacements: My 15 year old having right hip done 7/12 with left set for 8/23 teenager hip replacement after SUFE Teenager hip......
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