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  2. Hip resurfacing - Wikipedia

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    Hip resurfacing has been developed as a surgical alternative to total hip replacement (THR). The procedure consists of placing a cap (usually made of cobalt-chrome metal), which is hollow and shaped like a mushroom, over the head of the femur while a matching metal cup (similar to what is used with a THR) is placed in the acetabulum (pelvis socket), replacing the articulating surfaces of the ...

  3. Minimally invasive hip resurfacing - Wikipedia

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    Although hip resurfacing has been around for some 40 years, the contemporary metal on metal bearing hip resurfacing has only increased in popularity amongst surgeons and patients in the past decade. [10] Health-related quality of life measures were markedly improved and patient satisfaction was favorable after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. [11]

  4. Articular cartilage repair - Wikipedia

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    This technique/repair requires transplant sections of bone and cartilage. [10] First, the damaged section of bone and cartilage is removed from the joint. Then a new healthy dowel of bone with its cartilage covering is punched out of the same joint and replanted into the hole left from removing the old damaged bone and cartilage.

  5. Inside Patrick Kane’s hip resurfacing surgery — and why it’s ...

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    During hip resurfacing, Su said he tries to preserve as much as the bone as possible so if further surgery is needed later, the athlete has more options. "Hip resurfacing, as opposed to a hip ...

  6. Arthroplasty - Wikipedia

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    One variant of is the Stainsby procedure which consists of excision of part of a proximal phalanx in a metatarsophalangeal joint, reduction of the plantar plate and kirschner wire fixation of the metacarpal bone to the remaining phalanx. [1] Resurfacing arthroplasty, where one or both bone surfaces are trimmed and replaced with a smooth metal ...

  7. What's causing your hip pain? Here's everything you ... - AOL

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    Osteoarthritis, the most prevalent form of hip arthritis, occurs as a result of “the loss of the smooth surface that lines the bone that allows the joint to glide.” Once that smooth surface is ...

  8. Patrick Kane has hip resurfacing surgery and is expected to ...

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    Patrick Kane underwent hip resurfacing surgery Thursday and is expected to miss four to six months. Agent Pat Brisson confirmed Kane’s operation in a text message to The Associated Press. The ...

  9. Derek McMinn - Wikipedia

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    McMinn first began performing hip resurfacing procedures in 1991 using the McMinn Resurfacing, manufactured by Corin. [2] The rationale behind the procedure was that it would be a bone-conserving alternative to THR for patients with higher activity demands i.e. young patients with severe hip arthritis who are otherwise in good health.

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