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Tuesday, July 15. 2008
July 15, 2008 SAN DIEGO ALIVE
With more people in their 40s and early 50s being sidelined by severe osteoarthritis, a new technology – hip resurfacing as an alternative to hip replacement – is giving baby boomers a chance to stay active longer.
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Robyn Benincasa, a runner and San Diego firefighter, had a new hip resurfacing procedure. |
The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing system takes only the cartilage off the outer part of the ball and socket joint, and installs a cobalt-chromium steel cap and cup that slides more smoothly than hip replacements, lasts longer and has less potential for leg-length discrepancy. Widely used in the U.K. since 1997, the BHR system was approved for use in the U.S. in May 2006.
This week, San Diego Alive, the Union-Tribune's video health feature, spotlights local adventure racer and San Diego firefighter Robyn Benincasa, who, under the care of La Jolla orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Kimball, had the procedure. Five months after Kimball resurfaced Benincasa's troublesome hip, she ran across Vietnam.
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