Recerf is a new type of ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device.
Ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing.
Dr koen de smet ceramic left hip resurfacing johannesburg june 2019.
This information has been written by a prof patrick weinrauch for the purposes of patient education.
Hip resurfacing for women.
While it s not uncommon for older people to get total hip replacements doctors now often go with hip resurfacing implants for younger patients who have conditions such as osteoarthritis.
Ceramic hip resurfacing is similar in design to traditional metal hip resurfacing however the implant is manufactured from the ceramic commonly used in many conventional total hip replacements.
This is a prospective non randomized consecutive series multicentre observational study to evaluate the clinical outcome of ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing arthroplasty using the ceramic non porous non cemented h1 hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
Articles by patricia walter.
The traditional standard hip resurfacing device is metal on metal like the bhr birmingham hip resurfacing device the wright c and biomet.
Recerf is not yet on general release with ce approval matortho is a uk based company and its availability around the world is subject to local regulatory and hospital approvals.
Recerf ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device.
Recerf ceramic hip resurfacing.
Personal stories by date.
The details provided are of general nature only and.
Unfortunately the time to approval from application is not in our control and can vary between countries and hospitals.
A sydney man is one of the first in the world to receive a new ceramic hip that is designed to overcome issues with metal on metal implants for hip resurfacing operations.
H1 ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device.
It includes a safety study followed by an efficacy study.
De smet places his first recerf hip resurfacing device on march 3 2019 in johannasburg south africa.
Brian 52 weeks post operation koen de smet 27th june 2019 re cerf johannesburg 12 month x ray 12 month update i m now 12 month post operation as i write this and i am walking cycling and exercising.