The
traditional treatment of a Total Hip Replacement, though reasonably
successful in elderly relatively inactive patients, offers unacceptably
poor long term outcomes for young, active patients often with
an inevitable saga of multiple revisions and associated complications.
Derek McMinn and Ronan Treacy at the Royal Orthopaedic & Nuffield
Hospitasl have more than 9 years experience with metal on metal
hip resurfacing devices which not only offer such patients a conservative
and far less traumatic alternative to THR but also allows them
an unmatched quality of life.
Metal/Metal hip resurfacing has been shown to eliminate the problems
of proximal femoral stress shielding and osteolysis caused by
plastic wear debris associated with traditional hips, virtually
eliminating the problems of hip dislocation and significantly
reducing the problem of leg lengthening. |
Birmingham
Hip Resurfacing (BHR) is a comprehensive system to address the
needs of almost all sizes of patient and those with acetabular
deficiency.
Bimingham
Hip Resurfacing (BHR) is truly bone conserving. In the event
that a revision should become necessary there is still a virtually
intact healthy femur allowing for a 'primary' hip without the
normal complications associated with revision.
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