One of the most interesting things I’ve come across while reading someDePuy ASR Hip Replacement recallmessage boards is that many hip replacement patients don’t seem to even know what hip implant they received. The upshot of that is that, at the least, they have no clue what’s been p...
According to the present invention, a kit for the assembly of a hip prosthesis for the replacement of a portion of a femur is provided. The kit comprises a stem member having an upper portion and a lower portion, with the lower portion sized to be received into the femur. The kit also ...
the incidence of stress risers, and ensuring that osteoconductive ß-TCP is in close apposition with the surrounding bone tissues during the absorption process.9 In long-term human CT imaging studies, BIOCRYL RAPIDE Biocomposite Material appears to be absorbed with observed bony replacement... ...
example of a condition in which bone tissue becomes weakened through a reduction in bone mineral density. Bone microarchitecture becomes disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. It can lead to collapse of vertebral structures. It can lead to hip ...
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and a polymer insert or bearing positioned between the tibial tray and the femoral component. In a hip replacement surgical procedure, a patient's natural acetabulum is replaced by a prosthetic cup and a patient's natural femoral head is partially or totally replaced by a prosthetic stem and fe...
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Sobajima (Abstract 43 ISSLS 2002) studied the feasibility of stem cell therapy for DDD. Human NP cells were isolated from patients undergoing disc surgery and were co-cultured with either MSCs from patients undergoing hip surgery or muscle derived stem cells from mice. The data demonstrated a sy...