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Unlike traditional total hip replacement surgery, where the entire femoral head is removed, hip resurfacing involves reshaping the damaged surface of the femoral head and capping it with thin-shelled components that have a similar thickness to the removed cartilage.
1.1 This document is a statement of current best practice in primary total hip replacement (THR) and metal-on-metal hip resurfacing (MOMR) in the United Kingdom (UK) in all settings. It has been approved by the Council of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and by the Executive and Members of the British Hip Society (BHS).
This information is designed to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your operation. Before you leave hospital a physiotherapist will teach you all the exercises on this leaflet and make sure that you do not have any problems.
19 lip 2021 · Steps. place appropriately sized acetabular template with roughly 40 degrees of abduction. medial border of cup should approximate the ilioischial line and lie close to the teardrop. inferior border of cup should be at level of inferior teardrop line. mark center of rotation of acetabular component. Template the Femur.
Treatment. Hip Resurfacing. Patients with advanced arthritis of the hip may be candidates for either traditional total hip replacement (arthroplasty) or hip resurfacing (hip resurfacing arthroplasty). Each of these procedures is a type of hip replacement, but there are important differences.
Hip resurfacing is recommended as ‘one option for people with advanced hip disease who would otherwise receive and are likely to outlive a conventional primary total hip replacement’ – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for metal-on-metal (MoM)1.
26 lut 2014 · Evidence-based recommendations on artificial hips and hip resurfacing for treating end‑stage arthritis of the hip in adults. This guidance replaces NICE technology appraisal guidance on the selection of prostheses for primary total hip replacement (TA2) and on the use of metal on metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty (TA44).
