Re: PROGRESS ON FDA RESURFACING APPROVAL DELAYED

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Hi,

Well guys so sad for you all doing the waiting game............especially

when it seems resurfacing is going ahead in leaps and bounds here in

Australia. I just went to see my OS and had a little chat......... He was

almost as excited about my progress as I am....... and believe me after

walking for hours on pavement, catching trains, planes and buses in a way I

have not been able to do for years, I am pretty excited..........

Anyway he said that Resurfacing is becoming very popular in Australia

now..........even the regional doctors are getting in on the act as patients

vote with their hips. We now have 4 Resurface devices to select from in

Australia - imagine how the debate will be in a couple of years

folks......... instead of arguing over a THR v Resurface it will be which

one out of at least 4...........smile. He says he expects a plastic one

soon......... in his words 'for if the plastic used in a THR is as good as

they say it is then there is no reason it shouldn't be used for a Resurface

prothesis'.........

He also commented that from observation the failures coming to light, at

least here, seem to result mostly from hitting the prothesis onto the femur

head with just a bit too much enthusiam causing a crack.......... So here

again is that experience issue....... and finding a surgeon with a light but

firm touch..........

Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02

> Hi to surface Hippies:

>

> recently made reference to an upcoming meeting of the

> Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel to review the

> resurfacing device.. I have checked the FDA website and the planned

> meetings for march have both been cancelled. The next planned

> meeting is not until June 3rd and June 4th. No details are yet

> listed. A portion of each meeting is public permitting comments

> from anyone interested.

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Well guys so sad for you all doing the waiting game............especially

> when it seems resurfacing is going ahead in leaps and bounds here in

> Australia.

Yes, it is sad, I had to stifle a cough when our President said something in the

State of the Union address about the US having the best medical care in the

world.

Congrats on the great check-up. Speaking of leaps and bounds, thanks to the

Aussies for sending Bogut to the U of Utah. We'll lend him back to the

Boomers this summer

>I just went to see my OS and had a little chat......... He was

> almost as excited about my progress as I am....... and believe me after

> walking for hours on pavement, catching trains, planes and buses in a way I

> have not been able to do for years, I am pretty excited..........

>

> Anyway he said that Resurfacing is becoming very popular in Australia

> now..........even the regional doctors are getting in on the act as patients

> vote with their hips. We now have 4 Resurface devices to select from in

> Australia - imagine how the debate will be in a couple of years

> folks......... instead of arguing over a THR v Resurface it will be which

> one out of at least 4...........smile.

Wouldn't that be the day!?

> He also commented that from observation the failures coming to light, at

> least here, seem to result mostly from hitting the prothesis onto the femur

> head with just a bit too much enthusiam causing a crack.......... So here

> again is that experience issue....... and finding a surgeon with a light but

> firm touch..........

I had heard about such problems cropping up in Europe with some surgeons new to

resurfacing.

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