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Gary Breckenridge with Dr. Bala 2006

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Dear Dr. Bala,

I apologize for seeming to have neglected or ignored you. I have begun this missive on several occasions, only to stumble over my own limitations. I know I promised you a recommendation you might be able to use on your web site. You have my permission to use any or all of this email in any way you see fit. I have struggled to find the words necessary to describe how Dr. Bala has changed my life. At 44 years of age, to hear the words from a U.S. physician, “You have osteoarthritis in your left hip… Read the rest

THR Revision Study at Surface Hippy

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Surgeon Volume Influences Rate of Total Hip Replacement Revision – A DGReview of :”Early failures of total hip replacement: Effect of surgeon volume” Arthritis & Rheumatism 04/28/2004 By Emma Hitt, PhDPatients treated by surgeons who perform few total hip replacements (THR) per year are more likely to undergo revision THR, particularly within the first 18 months of surgery, than are patients treated by high-volume surgeons, a new report suggests.Hip prostheses function well for up to 20 years in at least 80% of patients, and failure rates are less than 1% per year. However, it is unclear whether failure rates vary
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Gait Study about Hip Replacement at Surface Hippy

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Resurfacing patients had gait characteristics that were comparable to normal hips. Although standard hip replacements had markedly improved gait parameters when compared to osteoarthritic hips they never approached resurfacing or normals. “
Gait Analysis Of Metal On Metal Surface Arthroplasty
Poster Board Number: P050 Location: McCormick Place Hall B Adult Reconstruction Hip Phillip Ragland, MD Washington DC (n) Anil Bhave, MS Baltimore MD (n) Roland Starr, MS Baltimore MD (n) Michael A Mont, MD Baltimore MD (a, e – Wright Medical Technology) This study compared gait kinematics of resurfacing patients to normal hips, osteoarthritic hips, and patients with standard hip
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Neck Fracture Statistics Study

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1: J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005 Apr;87(4):463-4. Femoral neck fractures following Birmingham hip resurfacing: a national review of 50 cases. Shimmin AJ, Back D. Melbourne Orthopaedic Group, 33 The Avenue, Windsor, Victoria 3181, Australia. ashimmin@optusnet.com.au Between April 1999 and April 2004, 3497 Birmingham hips were inserted by 89 surgeons. Fracture of the neck of the femur occurred in 50 patients, an incidence of 1.46%. Complete data were available for 45 patients in whom the incidence was 1.91% for women and 0.98% for men. The relative risk of fracture for women vs men was 1.94961 and this was statistically significant
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