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Is patient selection important for hip resurfacing?
UNLABELLED The optimal implant option for hip arthroplasty in the young, active patient remains controversial. There has been renewed interest for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing due to improved design and manufacturing of implants, better materials, enhanced implant fixation, theoretical advantages over conventional total hip arthroplasty, and recent Food and Drug Administration approval of two...
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Hip resurfacing is a bone-conserving procedure with respect to proximal femoral resection, but there is debate in the literature as to whether the same holds true for the acetabulum. We have investigated whether the Birmingham hip resurfacing conserves acetabular bone. Between 1998 and 2005, 500 Birmingham hip resurfacings were performed by two surgeons. Between 1996 and 2005 they undertook 700...
متن کاملHip Resurfacing
When Policy Topic is covered Metal-on-metal total hip resurfacing with a device system approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be considered medically necessary as an alternative to total hip replacement when the patient: Is a candidate for total hip replacement; AND Is likely to outlive a traditional prosthesis; AND Does not have a contraindication for total hip resur...
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متن کاملHip resurfacing arthroplasty
Historical context The concept of resurfacing the hip can be traced back to the early 1900s with the various techniques of interposition arthroplasty.1 Smith-Petersen produced a cast cobalt-molybdenum alloy (vitallium) interposition cup in 1940 as a culmination of many years work with different materials.2 Charnley experimented with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) hip resurfacing as a clear co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: HSS Journal ®
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1556-3316,1556-3324
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-012-9295-7