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Tag Archives: Prosthesis

Hillary’s Story – Resurfacing Nightmare

May 26, 2013

The following is a statement from Hilary Dingwall-Fordyce regarding the hip resurfacing she underwent in May 2007 In May of …

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Dental Restorations and Restorative Materials

December 20, 2012

Dental Restorations and Restorative Materials. ADA: Routine antibiotics not needed for patients with orthopedic implants By DrBicuspid Staff December 18, 2012 — …

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Video: Faulty hip implants have ruined lives says Orthopaedic Professor – Telegraph

October 24, 2012

Video: Faulty hip implants have ruined lives says Orthopaedic Professor – Telegraph. Faulty hip implants have ruined lives says Orthopaedic …

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Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: Should You Be Worried?

October 22, 2012

Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: Should You Be Worried? By Ben Greenwood, Dunkirk Lane, Hyde, Manchester, SK14 4NL. 19th October 2012 Over 300,000 …

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Prosthetic implant under development

July 28, 2012

Prosthetic implant under development. ScienceDaily (July 26, 2012) — Thousands of veterans and warfighters returning to the U.S. suffer with limb …

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UK – S&N BHR HELL – Trevor (General Practitioner) Gets Rude Response from Smith & Nephew

July 24, 2012

Trevor (General Practitioner) Needs Revsion – Dud Smith & Nephew BHR – Just like DePuy ASR I am a GP …

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Hip Prostheses: New JRC report summarises current knowledge and identifies further research needs — Institute for Health and Consumer Protection – (JRC-IHCP), European Commission

July 15, 2012

Hip Prostheses: New JRC report summarises current knowledge and identifies further research needs — Institute for Health and Consumer Protection …

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Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome

July 1, 2012

Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome. Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome PA PSRS Patient Saf Advis 2006 Dec;3(4):1,4-9. PA-PSRS has received reports of …

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Total hip arthroplasty for failed aseptic Austin Moore prosthesis Bhosale P, Suryawanshi A, Mittal A – Indian J Orthop

May 24, 2012

Total hip arthroplasty for failed aseptic Austin Moore prosthesis Bhosale P, Suryawanshi A, Mittal A – Indian J Orthop. ORIGINAL …

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Hinge knee prostheses yield pain relief, good stability and functional outcome

December 9, 2011

    Hinge knee prostheses yield pain relief, good stability and functional outcome.   Posted on the ORTHOSuperSite December 8, …

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Watch out for Doctors who Ignore the Facts – Trust your Body – it is more sensitive than X-Rays!

September 27, 2011

My View: This comment from a reader overnight is typical of what I read time and again. NOTE: This blog …

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THA after intertrochanteric osteotomy results in higher complication rates, lower long-term prosthesis survival rates

August 28, 2011

THA after intertrochanteric osteotomy results in higher complication rates, lower long-term prosthesis survival rates Posted on the ORTHOSuperSite August 26, …

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Hip revision surgery

August 25, 2011

Hip revision surgery Source: Click here Definition Hip revision surgery, which is also known as revision total hip arthroplasty , …

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Australian Orthopaedics National Joint Registry Supplementary Reports 2010

August 7, 2011

Investigations of Prostheses with Higher than Anticipated Rates of Revision.   Primary Hip Primary Partial Hip Bipolar Newly Identified Tandem/Spectron EF Combination.pdf in PDF format (355K). …

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Australian Analysis 2010 – ASR Total Conventional Hip Acetabular Prosthesis

August 7, 2011

ASR Total Conventional Hip Acetabular Prosthesis This analysis compares the ASR Total Conventional Hip Acetabular Prosthesis with all Other Total …

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Australian National Joint Registry 2010 – Summary on Hip Replacements

August 7, 2011

Hip Replacement This report analyses 258,333 hip replacements reported to the Registry with a procedure date up to and including …

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New Zealand National Joint Registry Eleven Years Data Jan 1999 – 2009

August 7, 2011

New Zealand National Joint Registry Eleven Years Data Jan 1999 – 2009 The total number of registered joint arthroplasties at …

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Primary Total Resurfacing Hip Replacement – Extracts from Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010

August 6, 2011

Primary Total Resurfacing Hip Replacement   Demographics There have been 13,307 total resurfacing procedures reported to the Registry, an additional …

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Extracts from Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010

August 6, 2011

Outcome by Prostheses Characteristics   Fixation At nine years hybrid fixation has the lowest cumulative percent revision (hybrid 4.5%, cemented …

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Extracts from Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010

August 6, 2011

Primary Total Conventional Hip Replacement Demographics There have been 171,104 total conventional procedures reported to the Registry, an additional 23,682 …

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Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010

August 6, 2011

Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry – Annual Report 2010 This year’s report confirms that hip and knee replacement …

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How to Choose a Hip Or Knee Replacement Surgeon & Prosthesis

August 5, 2011

How to Choose a Hip Or Knee Replacement Surgeon & Prosthesis Source: ehipreplacement You’ve decided you want hip or knee …

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Revision Hip Replacement (RHR)

August 4, 2011

Revision Hip Replacement (RHR) Source: The Hip & Knee Centre Revision total hip replacement is performed when the original primary …

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Bone Loss Following Hip Replacement – in Acetabular Region in A Woman with Breast Cancer

July 31, 2011

This is a rather unusual situation but shows the problems that can arise in the case where other disease processes …

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Arthroscopic Hip Procedure

July 9, 2011

Arthroscopic Hip Procedure: A Way to Prevent Total Hip Replacement Author: Gregory Fraser Total Hip Replacement (THR) or simply Hip …

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Personalised Hip Replacements – CAD CAM Produces Custom Fit Hip Implants

July 7, 2011

Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing and Custom Total Hip Replacement as Alternative Surgical Options for Osteoarthritis Authors : Nemandra Sandiford, MRCS Added …

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Lower Cost Hip Replacements Fail Faster

June 25, 2011

Factors Affecting Aseptic Loosening of 4750 Total Hip Replacements Total hip replacement is a successful surgery, that fails at a …

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