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Which hip replacement?

The National Joint Registry has tweeted a link to a research paper from Bristol. The study compared the revision rates of different types of hip replacements with a ‘standard’ THR. … read more

More than 50,000 Britons with ‘metal on metal’ hips told to have X-rays and blood tests over toxic fears

Here is an article in today’s Daily Telegraph. Several years ago, I set up a special clinic to help deal with these problems and formed the Metal Hips Research Group … read more

Ceramic hips unlikely to break

I use Biolox Delta ceramic heads in nearly all of my hip replacements. This summary of their performance is very reassuring! In short, Delta ceramic is highly unlikely to break … read more

Stryker recalls large diameter metal heads

Stryker has recently issued an alert in the US and Australia regarding large diameter chromium cobalt metal heads used on a variety of femoral stems including Accolade and Exeter. It … read more

Southampton Orthopaedics: Centre for Arthroplasty and Revision Surgery

On November 28 2012 we had the Open Day to launch SOCARS! Over 50 people attended including many senior representatives from the orthopaedic industry. After presentations in the morning, we … read more

Regulators, the press and metal hips

The BMJ and Daily Telegraph have reported a ‘sting’ operation in which they commisioned a Notified Body to approve a metal on metal hip replacement. The new device was modelled … read more

Hip Resurfacing

I have just returned from the Advanced Hip Resurfacing Symposium held in Ghent, Belgium. The meeting was organized by Koen de Smet and Catherine Van Der Straeten and is one … read more

Revision Hip Surgery Centre and metal hips

Excellent news! I have been working on the development of a Revision Joint Replacement Surgey Unit in Southampton for the last couple of years, and the Chief Executive of the … read more

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  • Hip Replacement

    Total Hip Replacement or THR is one of the most successful hip operations in orthopaedic surgery. Tens of thousands of hip replacements are performed each year…

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  • Hip Resurfacing

    Hip resurfacing was developed to treat painful arthritis in younger and active patients. It’s now an established technique, and the results are usually excellent in carefully selected patients…

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  • Revision Hip Surgery

    Hip replacement surgery can be life changing for those dealing with pain on a daily basis. Unfortunately, even a replacement hip can wear out…

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  • Hip Replacement

    Total Hip Replacement or THR is one of the most successful hip operations in orthopaedic surgery. Thousands of hip replacements are performed each year…

    Click here to find out more
  • Hip Resurfacing

    Hip resurfacing was developed to treat painful arthritis in younger and active patients. It’s a relatively new technique, but the results are usually excellent…

    Click here to find out more
  • Revision Hip Surgery

    Hip replacement surgery can be life changing for those dealing with pain on a daily basis. Unfortunately, even a replacement hip can wear out…

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