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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...

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Highly 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,...

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Tenotomy - 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?...

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Dysplasia 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...

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BIRMINGHAM 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)...

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Hip 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...

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Hip 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...

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Hardware 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...

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Hip 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...

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Idiopathic 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...

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Fractured 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...

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Teenage 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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