BACKGROUND No information is available concerning patients' sports activity after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. HYPOTHESIS Patients treated by hip resurfacing arthroplasty will be able to achieve a high level of sports activity. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of evidence, 4. METHODS We surveyed 112 patients by postal questionnaire to determine their sporting activities at a mean of 23.5 ...

We reviewed the results of 25 consecutive patients who underwent revision of a hip resurfacing prosthesis to a total hip replacement. Revisions were performed for recurrent pain and effusion, infection and proximal femoral fractures. Both components were revised in 20 cases.There were 12 male and 13 female patients with average time to revision of 34.4 and 26.4 months respectively. The mean fol...

BACKGROUND Anterior knee pain may occur after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Patellar resurfacing, which is considered to lower the incidence of anterior knee pain after TKA, remains controversial. In the present study clinical and radiological outcomes after TKA performed on patients with clinical and radiological signs of femorotibial and patellofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) with and without pa...

Background and purpose - Hip resurfacing (HR) is a treatment option promoted for hip arthritis in young and active patients. However, adverse reactions to metal are a concern and the search for non-metallic bearing options proceeds. We present the first clinical study performed in patients using a newly developed hydrophilic polymer-on-polymer hip resurfacing device. Patients and methods - Afte...

Open Access-This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. Sir—We read with interest the article by Pieter T. J. Spierings (2008) pertaining to the hip resurfacing expectations and limitations. We would like to make some comme...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this review was to assess the safety and effectiveness of metal on metal (MOM) hip resurfacing arthroplasty for young patients compared with that of total hip replacement (THR) in the same population. CLINICAL NEED Total hip replacement has proved to be very effective for late middle-aged and elderly patients with severe degenerative diseases of the hips. As indicat...

CONTEXT Surface replacement of the hip is aimed especially at active patients, and it seems to achieve optimal functional results in a short time if associated with a tailored rehabilitation protocol. OBJECTIVE To assess the functional outcome in a group of active patients after hip resurfacing. DESIGN Clinical measurement and controlled laboratory study in a case series. SETTING Gait-ana...

Total hip replacement continues to be a widely successful operation, but persistent groin pain following a metal-on-metal hip resurfacing remains a problem for some patients. The concern regarding the safety and efficacy of metal-on-metal total hip replacements has been rising. We present the case of a 47-year-old man with groin pain after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing. We observed high metal ...