UK hospital magazine - Kingston

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Hi All

A small article in the NHS Kingston Hospital Magazine.

http://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/downloads/gpgjul02.pdf

It announces

" Metal-on-metal hip

resurfacing for the younger

patient with osteoarthritis

Joint replacement is an excellent

treatment for elderly patients with

various forms of arthritis of the hip joint.

have all improved the likelihood of hip

replacements being more satisfactory for

the younger patients. However wear on

materials remains the main cause of

failure in the long term.

Sir Charnley and many other hip

outcomes are being monitored

nationally by the Institute of

Orthopaedics at Oswestry. A study of

Birmingham Hip Resurfacing done

throughout the United Kingdom in the

last four years has revealed 0.82 per cent

of patients requiring revision. Of these

failures, over half was due to a fracture

of the neck of the femur (due to poor

quality bone). "

Rog

PS For the Brits the waiting times are published on the last few pages.