Re: Re: is there a chat group for knee resurfacing

[Guest guest]

Dear - you bring up some good points about having to wait during

regrowth. I also wondered why they were doing metal on plastic instead

of metal on metal. I warned by brother in law about that too. Thank

you for the post.

Gray

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newtl@...

Re: is there a chat group for knee resurfacing

I'd like to throw a dampner on this. If cartilage is going to e

regrown then the knee in question has to be looked after and

mollycoddled during the regrowth - which could be lengthy. It seems to

me odd that current knee resurgfacing is metal on plastic. much as the

popular THR. Ought a metal-on-metal knee resurface be possible, or is

there a lack of ability of such a a joint to absorb impact?

Chris.

> Hi & Dan

> A lot of research is going on into cartilage regrowth / regeneration

in the

> UK at the moment (I would assume this is true also in a lot of other

> countries). I have copied this quote from Iain Dunbar (who has

contributed

> to surfacehippy) of Corin on their chat site.

>

> Loss of cartilage in the joint is the primary cause of pain

(cartilage both

> cushions and lubricates the " bearing " in your joint), and the main

reason

> why hip replacements are carried out.

>

> The classic response to anyone under 65 has been that you are too

young -

> because in a younger patient you will almost certainly wear out a

> conventional Total Hip Replacement and need further surgery. It is

precisely

> for these patients that Corin pioneered and developed Hip

Resurfacing. So

> now you have a choice!

>

> Finally, cartilage regeneration is one of the major areas of

research in

> orthopaedics at present. I am sure that in a few years time, we will

be able

> to regenerate cartilage in some joints - perhaps the knee is a

better bet

> than the hip - in which case we will be out of business!! Which is

precisely

> why companies such as Corin are working hard to be at the forefront

of these

> new technologies, so that when treatments change, we are still in

business.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Iain (Corin Group)

>

> If anyone wants to find information related to a UK site may I

suggest

> www.google.co.uk and choose the " pages from the UK " selector. This

search

> engine is available with lots of suffixes to help in individual

country

> searches - just a way of refining searches.

>

> Best wishes

> Rog

> Re: is there a chat group for knee

resurfacing

> >

> > ,

> > I don't think there is a perfected " knee resurfacing " that is

comparable

> > to

> > the success of hip resurfacing as yet, so I doubt that there is a

chat

> > group

> > for knees. If I'm wrong, I hope that someone will correct me on

both

> > counts.

> > Knees are more complex and sensitive to movement than hips so the

> > challenge

> > to perfect anything like resurfacing, as we have with hips, will

be

> > difficult.

> > Hopefully, research in areas such as cartilage regeneration will

be

> > improved

> > and perfected more fully in the near future. Right now this

procedure is

> > also

> > very expensive.

> > I've heard that one of the best knee surgeons in the US is a Dr.

S-----

> > (something) in Colorado. Probably the same doc who operated on

Kobe

> > .

> >

> > Saeed

> > BHR x 2, DeSmet, 7-2-02

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Dear - you bring up some good points about having to wait during

regrowth. I also wondered why they were doing metal on plastic instead

of metal on metal. I warned by brother in law about that too. Thank

you for the post.

Gray

FAX

newtl@...

Re: is there a chat group for knee resurfacing

I'd like to throw a dampner on this. If cartilage is going to e

regrown then the knee in question has to be looked after and

mollycoddled during the regrowth - which could be lengthy. It seems to

me odd that current knee resurgfacing is metal on plastic. much as the

popular THR. Ought a metal-on-metal knee resurface be possible, or is

there a lack of ability of such a a joint to absorb impact?

Chris.

> Hi & Dan

> A lot of research is going on into cartilage regrowth / regeneration

in the

> UK at the moment (I would assume this is true also in a lot of other

> countries). I have copied this quote from Iain Dunbar (who has

contributed

> to surfacehippy) of Corin on their chat site.

>

> Loss of cartilage in the joint is the primary cause of pain

(cartilage both

> cushions and lubricates the " bearing " in your joint), and the main

reason

> why hip replacements are carried out.

>

> The classic response to anyone under 65 has been that you are too

young -

> because in a younger patient you will almost certainly wear out a

> conventional Total Hip Replacement and need further surgery. It is

precisely

> for these patients that Corin pioneered and developed Hip

Resurfacing. So

> now you have a choice!

>

> Finally, cartilage regeneration is one of the major areas of

research in

> orthopaedics at present. I am sure that in a few years time, we will

be able

> to regenerate cartilage in some joints - perhaps the knee is a

better bet

> than the hip - in which case we will be out of business!! Which is

precisely

> why companies such as Corin are working hard to be at the forefront

of these

> new technologies, so that when treatments change, we are still in

business.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Iain (Corin Group)

>

> If anyone wants to find information related to a UK site may I

suggest

> www.google.co.uk and choose the " pages from the UK " selector. This

search

> engine is available with lots of suffixes to help in individual

country

> searches - just a way of refining searches.

>

> Best wishes

> Rog

> Re: is there a chat group for knee

resurfacing

> >

> > ,

> > I don't think there is a perfected " knee resurfacing " that is

comparable

> > to

> > the success of hip resurfacing as yet, so I doubt that there is a

chat

> > group

> > for knees. If I'm wrong, I hope that someone will correct me on

both

> > counts.

> > Knees are more complex and sensitive to movement than hips so the

> > challenge

> > to perfect anything like resurfacing, as we have with hips, will

be

> > difficult.

> > Hopefully, research in areas such as cartilage regeneration will

be

> > improved

> > and perfected more fully in the near future. Right now this

procedure is

> > also

> > very expensive.

> > I've heard that one of the best knee surgeons in the US is a Dr.

S-----

> > (something) in Colorado. Probably the same doc who operated on

Kobe

> > .

> >

> > Saeed

> > BHR x 2, DeSmet, 7-2-02

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Dear - you bring up some good points about having to wait during

regrowth. I also wondered why they were doing metal on plastic instead

of metal on metal. I warned by brother in law about that too. Thank

you for the post.

Gray

FAX

newtl@...

Re: is there a chat group for knee resurfacing

I'd like to throw a dampner on this. If cartilage is going to e

regrown then the knee in question has to be looked after and

mollycoddled during the regrowth - which could be lengthy. It seems to

me odd that current knee resurgfacing is metal on plastic. much as the

popular THR. Ought a metal-on-metal knee resurface be possible, or is

there a lack of ability of such a a joint to absorb impact?

Chris.

> Hi & Dan

> A lot of research is going on into cartilage regrowth / regeneration

in the

> UK at the moment (I would assume this is true also in a lot of other

> countries). I have copied this quote from Iain Dunbar (who has

contributed

> to surfacehippy) of Corin on their chat site.

>

> Loss of cartilage in the joint is the primary cause of pain

(cartilage both

> cushions and lubricates the " bearing " in your joint), and the main

reason

> why hip replacements are carried out.

>

> The classic response to anyone under 65 has been that you are too

young -

> because in a younger patient you will almost certainly wear out a

> conventional Total Hip Replacement and need further surgery. It is

precisely

> for these patients that Corin pioneered and developed Hip

Resurfacing. So

> now you have a choice!

>

> Finally, cartilage regeneration is one of the major areas of

research in

> orthopaedics at present. I am sure that in a few years time, we will

be able

> to regenerate cartilage in some joints - perhaps the knee is a

better bet

> than the hip - in which case we will be out of business!! Which is

precisely

> why companies such as Corin are working hard to be at the forefront

of these

> new technologies, so that when treatments change, we are still in

business.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Iain (Corin Group)

>

> If anyone wants to find information related to a UK site may I

suggest

> www.google.co.uk and choose the " pages from the UK " selector. This

search

> engine is available with lots of suffixes to help in individual

country

> searches - just a way of refining searches.

>

> Best wishes

> Rog

> Re: is there a chat group for knee

resurfacing

> >

> > ,

> > I don't think there is a perfected " knee resurfacing " that is

comparable

> > to

> > the success of hip resurfacing as yet, so I doubt that there is a

chat

> > group

> > for knees. If I'm wrong, I hope that someone will correct me on

both

> > counts.

> > Knees are more complex and sensitive to movement than hips so the

> > challenge

> > to perfect anything like resurfacing, as we have with hips, will

be

> > difficult.

> > Hopefully, research in areas such as cartilage regeneration will

be

> > improved

> > and perfected more fully in the near future. Right now this

procedure is

> > also

> > very expensive.

> > I've heard that one of the best knee surgeons in the US is a Dr.

S-----

> > (something) in Colorado. Probably the same doc who operated on

Kobe

> > .

> >

> > Saeed

> > BHR x 2, DeSmet, 7-2-02

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Local OS here does metal to metal TKR - Fenning - Fort Myers FL