Nice to see this alternative coming to the US. BD
Hip resurfacing, a popular alternative implant to total hip replacement for younger patients disabled by hip failure, is about to become competitive.
The Corin Group of Britain and Stryker said yesterday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved the Cormet hip resurfacing implant by Corin, thus giving American consumers an alternative to Smith & Nephew’s Birmingham hip resurfacing system for the first time since the F.D.A. approved that device in May 2006.
Although total hip replacement has become a common and exceedingly successful operation for patients whose natural hip has been irreparably damaged by illness or injury, resurfacing has attracted surgeons and many patients because it preserves more of a patient’s thigh bone. That makes it easier to replace the original implant with a total hip in the future if necessary, which is often the case for active patients who have their artificial hips for 15 or 20 years.
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