When Patrick Kane steps onto the ice for his first NHL game as a Detroit Red Wing this week, Dr. Edwin Su will be watching "with a little bit of nervousness." Su, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes ...

Birmingham hip resurfacing offers an effective long-term alternative to total hip replacement, especially for athletic men in their 30s to 50s. Patients who underwent BHR were three times more likely ...

Surgeons are treating patients with a new type of hip implant that could lead to better outcomes for younger, more active people requiring surgery. Fifteen patients have so far been treated with a ...

Device manufacturers are hoping to win regulatory approval of hip-resurfacing technology. The procedure is promoted as a less-invasive alternative to total hip replacement. It's approved for use in ...

Hip resurfacing is often seen as a modern alternative to the more conventional total hip replacement, but new data from a study led by Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, USA, suggest that a ...

TA Criterion 1: The technology must have final approval from the appropriate government regulatory bodies. The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) system (Smith & Nephew Inc., Memphis, TN, USA) received ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, is pleased to announce the first ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Recreational runners who undergo hip resurfacing, an alternative to a total hip replacement, may be able to return to the sport after surgery, according to a recent study ...

Q: My older brother worked construction his whole life, and now he has bad arthritis in his left hip. He was in enough pain that he finally saw his doctor about it. Instead of a hip replacement, they ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cementless, anatomic ceramic hip resurfacing device had 96.3% survival rate at 8-year follow-up. Men and women ...