Alternative To Hip Replacement Helps Patients Remain Physically Active.
For the new study, researchers compared Birmingham hip resurfacing patients to those who opted for a total hip replacement, in which the head of the thigh bone is removed so a complete ball-and-socket mechanism can be installed.
Tracking 224 patients age 35 to 59 who underwent the procedure between 2006 and 2013, researchers found about that 60% remained highly active compared to 20% of patients who got a full hip replacement.
“Compared with a total hip replacement, three times as many patients who had hip resurfacing successfully returned, 5 to 10 years later, to running and cutting sports — those requiring rapid turns and shifts, such as basketball and tennis,” senior researcher Dr. Robert Barrack, a professor of orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in a news release.
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For the new study, researchers compared Birmingham hip resurfacing patients to those who opted for a total hip replacement, in which the head of the thigh bone is removed so a complete ball-and-socket mechanism can be installed.
Tracking 224 patients age 35 to 59 who underwent the procedure between 2006 and 2013, researchers found about that 60% remained highly active compared to 20% of patients who got a full hip replacement.
“Compared with a total hip replacement, three times as many patients who had hip resurfacing successfully returned, 5 to 10 years later, to running and cutting sports — those requiring rapid turns and shifts, such as basketball and tennis,” senior researcher Dr. Robert Barrack, a professor of orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in a news release.
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Alternative To Hip Replacement Helps Patients Remain Physically Active.
For the new study, researchers compared Birmingham hip resurfacing patients to those who opted for a total hip replacement, in which the head of the thigh bone is removed so a complete ball-and-socket mechanism can be installed.
Tracking 224 patients age 35 to 59 who underwent the procedure between 2006 and 2013, researchers found about that 60% remained highly active compared to 20% of patients who got a full hip replacement.
“Compared with a total hip replacement, three times as many patients who had hip resurfacing successfully returned, 5 to 10 years later, to running and cutting sports — those requiring rapid turns and shifts, such as basketball and tennis,” senior researcher Dr. Robert Barrack, a professor of orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in a news release.
https://www.drugs.com/news/alternative-hip-replacement-helps-patients-remain-physically-active-124568.html?utm_source=ddc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Mednews+++April+18++2025&utm_content=Alternative+To+Hip+Replacement+Helps+Patients+Remain+Physically+Active&hash2=6fb1130fc195bf7db8d19b8cb99cd01e
