Recent Posts Tagged With 'bmhr'

• Indications for the BMHR

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 09:34 in hip resurfacing, bhr, bmhr

  It is possible to predict pre- operatively which patients are going to require a mid head resection resurfacing prosthesis rather than a Birmingham hip resurfacing. These are 1) Osteoarthritis with large cysts 2) Avascular necrosis > 40 %. 3) Perthes...

• Osteonecrosis, Avascular necrosis (AVN) Treatment options

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 12:34 in sickle cell disease, hip resurfacing, total hip replacement, birmingham hip resurfacing, hip resurfacing india, avascular necrosis, proxima hip, avn treatment, bmhr, ceramic on ceramic hip replacement, core drilling, osteonecrosis treatment

  Avascular necrosis or Osteonecrosis is a fairly common hip condition. Young patients are affected. Some of the causes leading to osteonecrosis are steroid intake, alcoholism, connective tissue disorders like SLE, blood dyscrasias like Sickle cell dis...