AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Resurfacing not for everyone.(THE VIEW FROM DUKE)(hip replacement)(Brief article)
"The problem is not so much that hip resurfacing is a bad procedure--it is that total hip replacement (THR) is so good. In my mind, hip resurfacing has only one clear advantage over THR, and that is that it preserves the bone in the top part of the femur that is removed in THR. This generally allows relatively straightforward conversion to THR if the resurfacing fails. By all other measures, hip resurfacing is an inferior procedure. Resurfacing does not have the proven longevity of THR, and as more reports of trials come out, it appears to have a higher mid-term failure rate. Failure rates are especially high in women and all patients over the age of 55. Resurfacings have a lower head-to-neck ratio than most THRs, meaning that reports of ...
- Hip resurfacing, THR both see tech gains.(WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9)(total hip...
- Newspaper article from: Medical Technology and Devices Week April 14, 2008 700+ words
Hip resurfacing or hip replacement? On the surface (no pun intended...alternative to the traditional total hip replacement (THR) procedure for patients suffering...vs. the more invasive total hip replacement. As a panel discussing the...
- Hip resurfacing makes inroads but THR also sees tech gains.
- Newspaper article from: Medical Device Daily April 9, 2008 700+ words
...makes inroads but THR also sees tech...resurfacing or hip replacement? On the surface...traditional total hip replacement (THR) procedure for...good with total hip replacement," he said at...outcomes for a THR patient is improvement...
- Patient-related risk factors that predict poor outcome after total hip...
- Magazine article from: Health Services Research MacWilliam, Cynthia H. Yood, Marianne Ulcickas Verner, James J. McCarthy, Bruce D. Ward, Richard E. December 1, 1996 700+ words
Total hip replacement (THR) is one of the...collecting data on THR. The AMGA began collecting data from hip replacement recipients and...analysis of the AMGA THR database to identify...outcome after total hip replacement surgery. The specific...
- Resurfacing may help you delay a total hip replacement: this new approach to a...
- Magazine article from: Men's Health Advisor July 1, 2007 700+ words
...advantages over standard total hip replacement (THR) and is an attractive...their legs--that their THR counterparts must do...feels more natural than a THR. "I have a number of patients who have a hip replacement on one side and hip resurfacing...
- Experienced Surgical Staff Key in Hip Replacement.
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News DEMOTT, KATHRYN February 15, 2000 700+ words
...primary and 12,956 revision total hip replacement (THR) procedures that were performed...everything that's known about total hip replacement from the literature is based on...associations with key outcomes of primary THR such as mortality infection...
- Total hip replacement is feasible for displaced subcapital fractures.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week March 24, 2004 700+ words
...comparable to elective total hip replacement, researchers say...treated by primary total hip replacement (THR)," researchers in...function following THR in fracture patients...treated by primary total hip replacement. Injury, 2004;35...
- Advancements in Orthopedic Hip Replacement Design.
- Magazine article from: Medical Equipment Designer Richards, Frances January 1, 2000 700+ words
...referred to as a total hip replacement (THR) or arthroplasty. Although total hip replacement devices are precision...shelf product for routine hip replacement as well as CAD/CAM...osteotomies, CDH and failed THR. "Computer design has...
- Treatment of an infected total hip replacement with the PROSTALAC system: Part...
- Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Surgery Scharfenberger, Angela; Clark, Marcia; Lavoie, Guy; O'Connor, Greg; Et al February 1, 2007 700+ words
...Introduction: Infection after total hip replacement (THR) is a serious medical complication...effective for treating infected THR. Introduction : L'infection...joint infection after total hip replacement (THR) is a serious complication...
Source: HighBeam Research, Resurfacing not for everyone.(THE VIEW FROM DUKE)(hip...