Metal Hip Resurfacing – Hip Procedure For Better Results

Metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty 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.

Metal hips resurfacing arthroplasty involves removal of the diseased or damaged surfaces of the ball of the thigh bone and the socket of the hip bone. The raw area of the ball is then resurfaced with metal and the socket lined with a metal cup to form a pair of metal bearings. Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) is the most common and most successful of all metal resurfacing procedures for hips.

BHR is considered a far ideal approach to treating arthritis in the hips of younger or more active patients, because of its advantages of being less invasive and less traumatic. Metal resurfacing results in faster and less painful rehabilitation. Also, to resurface with metal preserves more normal bone than conventional hip replacement.

Metal resurfacing devices are considered by some surgeons to be harder wearing than conventional hip implants. Having no polythene component, metal resurfaced hips are not subject to implant loosening due to polythene degradation that affects conventional hip implants. For these reasons, metal resurfacing devices are potentially less likely to fail than their traditional counterparts. If failure does occur with metal resurfaces, revision to traditional hip replacement remains an option and is considered to be easier to perform under resurfaced circumstances. This provides better outcomes than revision of a primary traditional hip replacement surgery, as less bone is removed during metal resurfacing of the hip joint.

The BHR resurface procedure is well tested and has already been adopted by over 27,000 patients since 1997 particularly in UK, Germany and Australia.

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About The Author:

Dr. Bharat Sharma is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.hip-replacement-care.com. He has been working in the medical rehab field for more than a decade. Keeping up to date with techological advancements he has become a self appointe