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Metal on Metal Hip Replacements

Following recent articles in the national press, I wanted to reassure all hip replacement patients of the 3 Rivers Clinic. Mr Houlihan-Burne and Mr Vedi do not and have not used DePuy hip replacements. The hip replacements we universally use, and have done for the last 5 years, are made by Biomet and called the 'Taperloc' stem and 'Exceed ABT / Ringloc X' cup. The bearing surfaces are either a polyethylene socket and a cobalt chrome alloy (metal) ball or a ceramic socket and ball . This hip replacement and the bearings, were chosen by us because they have a long pedigree with good outcome data and low rates of loosening. We are confident that we do not anticipate there being any problems with it in the future.

We hope this puts your mind at rest, however if you would like to discuss this an further, please don't hesitate to get in touch with your surgeon or click on the link in the useful links section relating to hip replacements.

85 year old man keeps active thanks to pioneering new 3D knee surgery at BMI Bishops Wood Hospital

Lionel Byrne, an 85 year-old grandfather is planning to keep active and independent well into his twilight years thanks to advanced and pioneering new surgery to replace his damaged right knee. The new treatment, Signature knee, uses MRI imaging to create a 3D image of the patient’s knee. With this information the surgeon can carefully pre-plan the surgery and create a bespoke, patient matched knee replacement to replace their faulty joint. The patient matched instrumentation and ability to pre-plan the operation reduces the length of time spent in theatre to just 40 minutes compared with 60-90 minutes for a traditional procedure. Lionel, a former advertising executive who had the new treatment back in March 2011, is now fully recovered and singing the praises of the designer knee, consultant and staff at BMI Bishops Wood Hospital who have helped him “keep active”.

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