Signs Your Hip Implants Are Hurting You
Signs Your Hip Implants Are Hurting You by Bethany Johansson Our hips are an important part of the human body. A …
Category Archives: Hip
Study Suggests Women Have Higher Risk of Hip Implant Failure | Center For Research
Study Suggests Women Have Higher Risk of Hip Implant Failure | Center For Research. Study Suggests Women Have Higher Risk …
Low revision rate after total hip arthroplasty in patients with pediatric hip diseases.
Low revision rate after total hip arthroplasty i… [Acta Orthop. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI. Acta Orthop. 2012 Oct 8. [Epub …
Smith and Nephew BHR: Mr. Smith, his nephew, and the incident involving their missing BHR Modular Head
I have posted a few things around here and owe a debt of gratitude to Earl, as do we all. …
News Headline Story | equities.com
News Headline Story | equities.com. Rottenstein Law Group Learns of New Research Showing Link Between Hip Replacement Surgery and Heart …
No cancer rise in hip implant patients – Health – Fleetwood Weekly News
No cancer rise in hip implant patients – Health – Fleetwood Weekly News. No cancer rise in hip implant patients …
Comment Example: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee
I thought it might be helpful to show what I sent in electronically in advance of the above referenced meeting, …
June 27-28, 2012: Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0293] Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the …
Bisphosphonates extend life of hip replacements | 6minutes
Bisphosphonates extend life of hip replacements | 6minutes. Bisphosphonates extend life of hip replacements Bisphosphonate use in patients undergoing a …
Length of stay following Total Hip Repalcement multifactorial, study finds
Length of stay following THA multifactorial, study finds Posted on the ORTHOSuperSite August 25, 2011 COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A patient’s …
New Hips Gone Awry Expose U.S. Kickbacks in Doctors’ Conflicts
New Hips Gone Awry Expose U.S. Kickbacks in Doctors’ Conflicts By David Armstrong – Jun 11, 2010 2:01 PM GMT+1000 …
Hip Replacement – UK ARC Patient Advice Booklet
Do I need a hip replacement? Source: Click here to download PDF You may need a hip replacement operation (sometimes …
Future of Hip replacement may include more resurfacing, percutaneous fixation
Future of Hip replacement may include more resurfacing, percutaneous fixation by William A. Jiranek, MD Source: ORTHOPEDICS TODAY August 2011 …
U.S. Marine – Back Into Forward Motion: Advances in Hip Replacement Surgery
Back Into Forward Motion: Advances in Hip Replacement Surgery From: Your Health Published: Aug. 10, 2011 Updated: Aug. 10, 2011 …
Determined patient: Martial arts instructor takes hip surgery in stride
Determined patient: Martial arts instructor takes hip surgery in stride By PATRICK B. ANDERSON patrick.anderson@lacrossetribune.com | Posted: Monday, August 8, …
Metal on Metal Hips – Extracts from Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010
Bearing Surface The Registry is reporting on five different bearing surfaces with more than 200 procedures. There are a small …
Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010
Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010 This year’s report confirms that hip and knee replacement …
Sadwin Doesn’t buy the BHR Story …
Howard is currently sitting around minus a hip, lucky to be alive post BHR – little wonder… After reading article ” …
“Alternatives To Hip Replacement Surgery?”
“Alternatives To Hip Replacement Surgery?” July 23rd, 2011; Source Dr. Gold’s Orthopedic Surgery Blog Often times, my patients experiencing severe hip …
What To Consider Before Joint Replacement Surgery
What To Consider Before Joint Replacement Surgery Is Joint Replacement Surgery Right For You? Posted by Robin Westen on July 24, 2011 …
Hip and Knee Implants – Global Pipeline
GlobalData: Hip and Knee Implants – Global Pipeline Analysis, Opportunity Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2016 GlobalData’s new report Hip …
Osteoarthritis Symptoms, Diagnosis
What are osteoarthritis symptoms? Source: click here Osteoarthritis is a disease of the joints. Unlike many other forms of arthritis …
Zimmer Hip Replacement Lawsuit in New Jersey
Zimmer Hip Replacement Problems: A Surgeon Sounds the Alarm Source: Balkin & Eisbrouch: their team of attorneys is fully committed …
Will the Wright Profemur® Hip Replacement be Recalled?
Wright Profemur® Z Hip Implant Failure Rate As of February 2011, there has not been a Wright Profemur® Hip Replacement …
Innovative Metal-on-Metal Hips a Trap
In Medicine, New Isn’t Always Improved By BARRY MEIER Published: June 25, 2011, New York Times IT is an American …
Cobalt Ions Lead to Inflamation Response in Kidney, Gut and Lung Cells
Cobalt ions induce chemokine secretion in a variety of systemic cell lines Download full Scientific Paper here Cause for Concern! …
Longer Cemented Stems Better in Hip Revisions
A modular cementless stem vs. cemented long-stem prostheses in revision surgery of the hip. Download full Scientific Paper here. Modular …
All Metal Implants Corrode and Release Metal Ions
Exposure to chromium, cobalt and molybdenum from metal-on-metal total hip replacement and hip resurfacing arthroplasty Download full Scientific Article here …
Metal release in hip replacements is down to chemistry – it must happen
Metal release mechanisms in hip replacement Download full Article here The release of metal ions from metallic implant materials is …
Hip Dislocations – Why?
The unstable total hip replacement Download a copy of the Scientific Article here Dislocation is one of the most common …
Adverse Reactions in Total Joint Replacement: Infections, Allergic Reactions and others
Allergic and Systemic Effects of Particles Released by Hips and Knee Replacements R. M. Urban and J. J. Jacobs (download …
Effect of Heat Treatment on Cobalt Chrome
The effect of micro-structure on the wear of cobalt-based alloys used in metal-on-metal hip implants Download Full Scientific Paper – …
Low Spin – Wright Medical – FAQ on Metal-on-Metal Hips
Metal-on-Metal Articulation and Wear My View This Wright Medical Technologies booklet written by Irina Timmerman and Harlan Amstutz, MD, is …
Smith & Nephew Metal-on-Metal Marketing SPIN
Metal-on-Metal: Questions & Answers My View: call me a skeptic but talk about PR SPIN & Marketing: Download the Booklet …
Is Oxinium Going to be Safer? Maybe?
Is OXINIUM really better? In my last post [click here] I reviewed a 1988 scientific paper which raised a number …
Metal Ion Hypersensitivity in Metal-on-Metal Hips
Metal Ion Hypersensitivity in Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty Y.-S. Park, Y.-W. Moon and S.-J. Lim Download here Total hip arthroplasty with …
DNA Damage from Chromium from Orthopaedic Implants
Release of Chromium from Orthopaedic Hip & Knee Replacements My view: You need to read the full scientific article – …
New Anticoagulant to Replace Wafarin and Heparins?
Rivaroxaban Is Superior to Enoxaparin for Thromboprophylaxis After Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP (Source) Posted: …
Safety Studies for Metal-on-Metal Hip
FDA Orders Safety Studies for Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements Roxanne Nelson (Source) Posted: 05/13/2011 May 13, 2011 — The US Food …
Ceramic-on-Metal Total Hip Replacement
First Ceramic-on-Metal Total Hip Replacement System Approved Mark Crane (Source) Download here June 14, 2011 — The US Food and …
Less Hip Revisions with Experienced Surgeons
From Reuters Health Information Experienced Surgeons Do Fewer Hip Replacements That Need Revision By Fran Lowry (source – click here) …
Release of Cobalt and Chromium Ions Into the Serum
Overview The release of cobalt and chromium ions into serum is well known – but what has not been topical …
Bone Cements – Not all Work Well
Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty With Boneloc Bone Cement David C. Markel, MD, Daniel B. Hoard, MD, Charles A. Porretta, MDAuthors …
Is Oxinium Going to be Safer? Maybe?
Is OXINIUM really better? In my last post [click here] I reviewed a 1988 scientific paper which raised a number …
1988 Analysis of Metal-on-Metal Hips
Analysis of 118 second-generation metal-on-metal retrieved hip implants H.-P. Sieber, C. B. Rieker, P. Köttig; from the Regionalspital, Biel, Switzerland; …
Final thrilling installment
Made it home with the left hip winning the pain game! Right hip sore to touch too near the scar. …
Well Balanced
Trip to Sydney going well. Well balanced – both hips hurt. Lower back on both sides hurt. Replacement hip pops …
Update on Hips
Hip pain is making movement more and more of a chore. Right hip, the Birmingham Spectron one, is painful from …
Cobalt and Chromium Toxicity – MoM Hip Replacements
Can cobalt levels estimate in-vivo wear of metal-on-metal bearings used in hip arthroplasty? M Khan1,2*, J H Kuiper1,2, and J …
Lessons Learned from MoM Hip Implant Failures
Bad bearings By Stephen S. Tower, MD Source: click here Lessons learned from failures of this generation of MoM hip …