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Tuesday, July 15 2008 Saving on Surgery by Going Abroad Monday, July 14 2008 Pseudotumours Risk For Hip Resurfacing Highlights Need For Saturday, July 12 2008 Pseudotumours Risk For Hip Resurfacing Saturday, July 12 2008 Surgeons report a nearly 10-fold increase in wound complications among COX-2 Wednesday, July 9 2008 Rebuilding Your Body Tuesday, July 8 2008 Hip Surgery In India? Insurance May Pay Tuesday, July 8 2008 Transcript of Dr. Mont Live Chat July 16, 2008 Tuesday, July 8 2008 Dr. Bose Honored by Overseas Hip Resurfacing Patients Thursday, June 26 2008 Hip Resurfacing Shows Narrower Edge Than Anticipated Tuesday, June 17 2008 Hip Sugery Options Tuesday, June 17 2008 Hip & Knee Implant Makers Agree to Pay $311 Million Settlement Tuesday, June 3 2008 Is Cemented or Cementless Hip Resurfacing Better? Monday, June 2 2008 Hip Resurfacing Videos Friday, May 23 2008 Video Interviews with Hip Resurfacing Surgeons Friday, May 23 2008 Dr. Bob Arnot Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Su Friday, May 23 2008 What is The Most Popular Hip Resurfacing Device? Friday, May 23 2008 Michael Montgomery Surface Hippy Ironman at 6 months Monday, May 12 2008 Resurfacing emerges as possible option to hip replacement Thursday, May 8 2008 Procedure allows Bentonville man to live the life he loves Thursday, April 10 2008 QuicksearchSyndicate This Blog |
The new hip-op generationMonday, March 31. 2008
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Baby boomers are competing for hip operations
with older people, and the pain and strain will
be felt by the health service Smith & Nephew and Corin Battle to Win America's Hip GenerationWednesday, March 26. 2008
Smith & Nephew and Corin battle to win over America's hip generation
Link http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/health/article3601581.ece Smith & Nephew and Corin are both vying to win the key US market for hip replacements Matthew Goodman BEFORE he had surgery, Cory Foulk, a 49-year-old Hawaiian architect, found
even everyday tasks such as getting in and out of the car caused him
considerable pain. His condition, arthritis triggered by a cycling accident, had
deteriorated over several years. Continue reading "Smith & Nephew and Corin Battle to Win America's Hip Generation"
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Friends meet after 25 years while receiving BHRsWednesday, March 26. 2008
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Wilcox Hospital has around 70 beds, includes an intensive care section and offers treatments for cardiac and a range of other conditions. It is part of Hawaiian Pacific Health. Two Kaua’i patients who had not seen each other for 25 years were recently reunited at the hospital. Payton Hough and Jeff Habig were the first to receive the new Birmingham hip resurfacing procedure at the hospital, performed by orthopedic surgeon David Rovinsky.
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Corin Group Introduces Vertical Machine CenterWednesday, March 26. 2008Corin Group Introduces Vertical machining
centre to reduce lead times Medical implants and instrumentation manufacturer has
introduced 'lean' cell-structured machining systems - including high speed
machining - to reduce overall manufacturing lead times Medical implants and instrumentation manufacturer, the Corin Group, has introduced lean, cellular production techniques, which have transformed individual component machining times, as well as overall lead times. Newly-established routines have also streamlined production through reduced work handling and separate set-ups. In addition, investment in another area has eliminated costly
outsourced machining operations and allowed the company to take full control
over its processes. Continue reading "Corin Group Introduces Vertical Machine Center"
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Taylor Could Play April 5Tuesday, March 25. 2008
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Here's a nice story, if it happens: Lightning coach John Tortorella has given captain Tim Taylor the option of playing in the team's final game of the season April 5 at Atlanta. It would be a way for the center to finish his 13-year career as a player instead of on the sideline, where he has been since Sept. 7 hip surgery. "He deserves that type of respect,'' Tortorella said. "He's been a loyal guy to the organization and has done a lot of things on and off the ice people don't even know about, so he deserves that right.'' The surgery is called hip resurfacing and corrected his painful, right-hip dysplasia by shaving and smoothing the head of the femur, topping it with a chrome alloy cap and fitting it into the hip socket that also was coated. Taylor, 39, said he is "ecstatic'' at the results. He has skated since mid February but has practiced fewer than 10 times.
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Dave Grigg's 10 year hip resurfacing anniversarySaturday, March 22. 2008
Dave Grigg Ten Year Anniversary
L C+ 3/24/1998 R C+ 2/12/2004 Dr. Amstutz I'm saying hello on the eve of my ten year anniversary. In early 1998 there were fewer than 40 resurfacings in the U.S. and of course no surfacehippy group or knowledge base. My thanks to Keith and all you posters. My story A former runner, I had been crippled with OA for a decade and needed crutches just to stand more than 2 minutes. Dr. Amstutz said he'd only seen one or two more diseased hips in his career. I placed a lot of trust in him and it sure paid off. I was riding the life cycle 5 days post-op and skydiving 7 weeks post-op (not doctor approved). My other hip was resurfaced by the good doctor early in 2004. I moved to the Palm Springs area 19 months ago and took up competitive tennis, both singles and doubles and have won a couple of local tournaments. Other than airport security delays, I couldn't be happier. Dave C+, Dr. Amstutz, L 3/24/1998, R 2/12/2004
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Farmer has Hip Op in IndiaWednesday, March 19. 2008Farmer has hip op in India
Farmer Stuart Agnew knew that major surgery was on the cards as his hip
became increasingly more painful during a busy lambing season. Continue reading "Farmer has Hip Op in India"
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Bloodless Hip Surgery at GSMCH IndiaWednesday, March 19. 2008Bloodless hip surgery at GSMCH Link http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/9315/38/ Tuesday, 18 March 2008 CHANDIGARH: Bloodless hip surgery would be performed at the Gian Sagar
Medical College and Hospital, near here, with an internationally acclaimed
orthopaedic surgeon Gursharan Singh Chana visiting the hospital regularly every
two months.
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New Alternative to Total Hip ReplacementTuesday, March 18. 2008
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March 17, 2008 Reported by: Britney Glaser Each year, 200,000 Americans undergo total hip replacement. For younger patients leading active lives, this surgery can oftentimes leave them with physical limitations they did not have before going under the knife. But now, there's an exciting new hip procedure - one that's transformed the cycling career of a Tour de France winner. For 15 years, cycling has been Floyd Landis's passion - but when he broke his hip while training in 2003, the arthritis that developed eventually became unbearable. "It's hard to explain arthritis if you've never had it," says Landis, "it's just something that's always there - and it affects everything, it affects your mood. I'm quite happy that it's been solved." Landis peddled with the pain until 2006. After winning Tour de France, he chose a revolutionary technique called Birmingham Hip Resurfacing to repair his hip. Orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. John Noble, performs the BHR procedure locally and says it's the ideal alternative to total hip replacement in younger patients. "I would say that the young, active patients who have significant arthritis or significant dysplasia - that is a shallowness of the socket - those are patients who would benefit from hip resurfacing," says Dr. Noble. BHR uses a bone-conserving technique where surgeons shave just a few centimeters of bone rather than removing the entire hip joint. "We divide the tissue directly over the bone," says Dr. Noble, "we make an exposure to dislocate the hip and move the hip and ball out of the way to allow exposure to the socket and then we ream the socket with a device that looks like a cheese grater and then we implant the socket." The size of the implant is matched to the patient's own joint, reducing the risk for dislocation or uneven leg length. Dr. Noble says the results have been phenomenal. "99.5 percent of the patients were either pleased or very pleased with their procedure," says Dr. Noble, "and those are pretty extraordinary results - we just don't see that very often with many operations." It's been a year and a half since Landis had the BHR procedure. He is now back to riding and says his determination *and hips are the strongest they've been in years. "It's as good as new," says Landis, "and certainly is much better than it was the last two years when I had the arthritis problem. I'll certainly be better off and not just because of that, but more determined than ever." *If you're wondering what brought Floyd Landis to Southwest Louisiana, he took part in a ride over the weekend that raised $5,000 for the Calcasieu Community Clinic. *To learn more about the BHR technique, click here.
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BMHR Videos by Mr. McMinnSaturday, March 15. 2008What is the BMHR and Why do we need it? View Youtube Video about BMHR by Mr. McMinn by click below: Derek McMinn talks about the Birmingham Mid Head Resection prosthesis and its applied use in patients with Avascular Necrosis. For patients with osteonecrosis involving a larger volume of the femoral head, an uncemented short-stemmed prosthesis, the Birmingham Mid Head Resection, BMHR, (MMT Ltd, Birmingham, United Kingdom, now Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics Ltd, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom) was developed. Mr. McMinn has implanted about 40 BMHRs to date March 2008.
Illustration showing the three types of prostheses implanted in patients with femoral head avascular necrosis
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