Guest guest Posted February 13, 2003 Report Share Posted February 13, 2003 Last week I asked for any info on Dr. Inglis and I thank those that replied. I met with him Tuesday (02/11) and he does indeed install the CORIN CORMET 2000 device. He said that he had installed about 10 of these devices. He suggested that this device was good for patients that required extreme range of motion, like dancers. He took quite a bit of time to explain the pro's and con's of the various devices, metal/poly, metal/metal & ceramic/ceramic. He had confidence in all the devices and stated that I would be satisified with any of them - provided I understand all the pro's and con's. He would not come right out and say which one. He did say that although ceramics have the best wear characistics they did break on rare occasions. He boiled it all down to a few simple points: - Fixation - how well does the device attach to your hip & femur - Wear - wear is bad as there is stuff floating around, but bearing replacement is not a big deal. (unless it is you) - Range of Motion - What do you need? A real good guy who will probally do my hip as long as I can get my insurance company to cover the CORMET 2000 device. Just a fyi, here is a clip from a newsletter I get about ceramics Stryker Unit Gets FDA Okay for Ceramic Hip Implant Stryker Corp. that it has received FDA clearance to market its Trident Ceramic Acetabular Insert, a ceramic-on-ceramic hip replacement. Reuters Health Information 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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