Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Devices

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Ceramic hip resurfacing devices.

By professor derek mcminn md frcs 7th february 2019. Derek mcminn and ronan treacy give opn an update on the hip replacement and hip resurfacing market. The ceramic used in the h1 is the same material used for the ball head in most hip replacements in the world today. What is ceramic hip resurfacing.

The early results are promising. Home patient info hip resurfacing and andy murray. The h1 hip resurfacing implant is made from ceramic and designed to fit the contours of both male and female hips so may avoid the problems seen with metal hip resurfacing. Hip resurfacing and sir andy murray.

He does design work with a device manufacturer and has produced a state of the art cementless implant. Cohort 2 efficacy cohort 2 will consist of the remaining target size population of 230 patients for h1 hip resurfacing arthroplasty. When the cartilage covering the weight bearing areas of the hip joint is lost in osteoarthritis the resultant rubbing of bone on bone produces pain stiffness and limp. The traditional standard hip resurfacing device is metal on metal like the bhr birmingham hip resurfacing device the wright c and biomet.

Recerf is a new type of ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device. The objective of the h1 study is to look. More information is available here. Msk lab is currently involved in the h1 hip resurfacing arthroplasty study for ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device.

Metal hip resurfacing devices are therefore most commonly used in younger and higher activity demand male patients. The traditional standard hip resurfacing device is metal on metal like the bhr birmingham hip resurfacing device the wright c and biomet. He is one of the leading surgeons in resurfacing worldwide. They will undergo the same intervention as previously described for cohort 1 but will not undergo metal ion testing and reduced.

H1 hip resurfacing study. Recerf is a new type of ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device. New types of devices are being. De smet places his first recerf hip resurfacing device on march 3 2019 in johannasburg south africa.

Ceramic hip resurfacing is where the resurfacing prostheses are manufactured from ceramic materials rather than a cobalt alloy metal. I had scheduled hip resurfacing surgery not total hip replacement with dr. The h1 implant is designed and manufactured by embody who are also sponsoring and funding the h1 hip resurfacing study. A non porous non cemented ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing arthroplasty device.

The recerf ceramic hip resurfacing manufactured by matortho. The procedure that may save his career. We are all aware of the significant change in relation to the world of metal on metal hip replacements and hip resurfacings with several devices being withdrawn from the market or greatly restricted in their prescribed application. The procedure that may save his career.