Hip resurfacing; a[euro]I walked, with other souls in pain,a[euro] - Oscar...

Manila Bulletin;  March 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......What's New in Hip Surgery? The answer - hip resurfacing. Apparently it is the preferred surgical...or tennis game one minute longer. Hip resurfacing is not new. As early as the 1970s...Hey MoM! Another way of looking at hip resurfacing surgery is to consider what materials...

A better hip Unlike hip replacements, hip resurfacing leaves more bone...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  January 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......and replacing it with a metal ball - hip resurfacing leaves most of the patient's bone...a second operation. The Birmingham hip resurfacing device won FDA approval less than...Europe, where doctors have performed hip resurfacing since 1997, results are good, said...

The "hip" new thing is the new hip thing.(THE WAY AHEAD)

Surgical Products;  July 1, 2007 ;     444 words ......announced its approval of the Cormet hip resurfacing implant developed by The Corin Group...Up to this point, the Birmingham hip resurfacing system manufactured and marketed by...entire hip joint with an implant. Hip resurfacing, on the other hand, utilizes more...

ORTHOsoft Develops New Hip Surgery Software to Guide Surgeons in...

Canadian Corporate News;  March 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......design and development of an innovative Hip Resurfacing software program for one of its key...surgeons using the partner's specialized Hip Resurfacing implant which allows more patients...America. ORTHOsoft will present the Hip Resurfacing software at the annual meeting of...

Hip Resurfacing Is Not for Everyone

Targeted News Service;  November 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ......issued the following news release: Hip resurfacing is often seen as a modern alternative...surgeries performed in the U.S. using a hip resurfacing device recently approved by the Food...Research. "The ideal patients for hip resurfacing are males under the age of 55. They...

From the hip; Cyclist Floyd Landis credits a medical procedure -- a hip...

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......saddle. Last September, he underwent hip resurfacing. It's an alternative to conventional...ideal for younger patients. Newer hip resurfacing preserves more of the patient's thigh...and low wear. The more complicated hip resurfacing procedure carries a slight risk...

Hip resurfacing is a growing trend

Daily Breeze;  January 30, 2007 ;     305 words ......hit their 60s for a fix. It's called hip resurfacing, covering a damaged hip's ball and...of the British-designed Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System. Competitors are in clinical...that call me and say, 'My father had hip resurfacing in 1970 and it didn't work. Why are...

HIP RESURFACING'S SUCCESS DEPENDS UPON PATIENT'S AGE, GENDER

The Hindustan Times;  November 4, 2008 ;     545 words ......Washington, Nov. 04 -- (ANI): While hip resurfacing is considered to be the modern day...scientists examined data for 537 hip resurfacing surgeries performed in the U.S. using a hip resurfacing device, called the Birmingham Hip...

The effect of the diameter of metal-on-metal bearings on systemic exposure...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......resurgence in the use of metal-on-metal bearings has led to fresh concerns...50 mm or 54 mm Birmingham hip resurfacing or a 28 mm Metasul total...led to the resurgence of metal-on-metal bearings. Wear rates for these second-generati...compared with ...

Is it hip to resurface?

Barrington Courier-Review (IL);  February 22, 2007 ;     693 words ......to hip replacement surgery, called hip resurfacing. And it's certainly getting its share...fifty-somethings tell me how they've heard that hip resurfacing is conservative since it leaves more...This is especially true for choosing hip resurfacing over traditional metal-on-metal ...

Artificial hip made by British firm gets conditional OK from advisory...

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN);  February 23, 2007 ;     607 words ......only device available in America for hip resurfacing, a relatively new technique used to...the longest clinical history of any hip resurfacing product, with more than 70,000 procedures...pleased with the results of Birmingham Hip resurfacing and we're proud to be the hip ...

Thanks for giving us our lives back, say patients; HIP OPERATIONS:...

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  November 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......after performing his 500th successful hip resurfacing operation in 12 years. The 51-year-o...Hospital, Coventry, in July 1995 when hip resurfacing operations were a rarity. He said: When I started at the hospital only one hip resurfacing operation had been performed. It was...

NEW HIP PROCEDURE GETS POLICE OFFICER BACK ON DUTY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 15, 2007 ;     605 words ......Allen Harris already has had his first hip resurfacing procedure. Exactly one year ago, a...new procedure called the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System, Harris, like many other active...trained to perform the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing procedure, was able to help Harris...

Stryker Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement To Enter Hip...

Wireless News;  August 12, 2005 ;     319 words ......Exclusive Distribution Agreement To Enter Hip Resurfacing Market WIRELESS NEWS-August 12, 2005-Stryk...Exclusive Distribution Agreement To Enter Hip Resurfacing Market (C)2005 10Meters - http://www...orthopaedic devices, for the Cormet Hip Resurfacing System and Optimom, its large ...

Stryker Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement To Enter Hip...

PR Newswire;  August 11, 2005 ;     370 words ......one of the first companies to offer hip resurfacing technology to U.S. patients KALAMAZOO...orthopaedic devices, for the Cormet Hip Resurfacing System and Optimom, its large diameter...one of the first companies to offer hip resurfacing technology to patients in the United...