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Smith & Nephew recalls hip device component

Smith & Nephew PLC said Friday it is pulling from the market a metal liner used in hip replacements.The London company said the device is the optional metal liner for its R3 Acetabular System hip dev...

19 ill in suspected norovirus outbreak on liner

(AP)—Nineteen people aboard the cruise ship Queen Mary 2 have been diagnosed with a gastrointestinal illness as the liner is docked in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

[Articles] Microcystic macular oedema, thickness of the inner nuclear layer of the retina, and disease characteristics in multiple sclerosis: a retrospective study

Increased INL thickness on OCT is associated with disease activity in MS. If this finding is confirmed, INL thickness could be a useful predictor of disease progression in patients with MS.

New Weber Denture Liner Keeps Loose Dentures in Place

Freehold, NJ (PRWEB) February 02, 2013 Weber Denture Liner kit is the answer to questions asked by many denture wearers such as: "How can I make my loose denture fit better and give me more c...

Survivorship of uncemented acetabular parts compared

(HealthDay) -- For total hip arthroplasty revisions, titanium wire mesh cups and cross-linked polyethylene liners are among new uncemented acetabular components that improve long-term implant survival...

Few retears after partial-, full-thickness rotator cuff repair

(HealthDay) -- Retear rates after arthroscopic repair of both partial-thickness and full-thickness rotator cuff tears are low, with no difference in the retear rate or postoperative shoulder stiffness...

Agency tells surgeons not to use a type of hip implant cup liner because of high revision rates

Surgeons should stop using a particular type of cup liner that is used in some metal-on-metal hip operations because the revision rate is higher than it should be, the Medicines and Healthcare...

Femoral Acetabular Impingement may contribute to groin pain in athletes

A sports hernia is a common cause of groin pain in athletes, however until lately little has been known as to why they occur. Researchers presenting their study today at the American Orthopaedic Socie...

Deformation of metal-backed acetabular components and the impact of liner thickness in a cadaveric model.

Shell deformation of resurfacing and all-metal modular cups following press-fit implantation has been reported, but not for conventional metal-backed cups with polyethylene liners. The deformation of...

Management of Polyethylene Wear Associated With a Well-Fixed Modular Cementless Shell During Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.

We identified 128 revision total hip arthroplasties from 1993 to 2005 involving a well-fixed Harris-Galante Porous (HGP)-I or HGP-II acetabular component with minimum 2-year post-revision follow-up. T...

Wear versus Thickness and Other Features of 5-Mrad Crosslinked UHMWPE Acetabular Liners.

BACKGROUND: The low wear rates of crosslinked polyethylenes provide the potential to use larger diameters to resist dislocation. However, this requires the use of thinner liners in the acetabular comp...

Second-generation Modular Acetabular Components Provide Fixation at 10 to 16 Years.

BACKGROUND: First-generation modular titanium fiber-metal-coated acetabular components had high rates of wear, pelvic osteolysis, and liner dissociation. Second-generation components were designed to...

Survivorship of polyethylene liner exchanges performed for the treatment of wear and osteolysis among porous-coated cups.

For the past 17 years, we have favored treating patients with polyethylene wear and osteolysis by performing a liner exchange with retention of the old shell when possible. Using our institutional dat...