Current Topics

1. BONE HEALTH AND HIP RESURFACING
Osteoporosis is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by low bone mass, bone deterioration, and decreased bone strength leading to increased bone fragility, morbidity and mortality.
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2. SHOULD YOU HAVE UNCEMENTED HIP RESURFACING?
Uncemented resurfacing components are a new development. The acetabular components used routinely are uncemented, while the femoral components routinely have been cemented to bone.
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3. CURRENT STATUS OF UNCEMENTED FEMORAL COMPONENTS IN HIP RESURFACING
Minimal two-year follow up outcome of uncemented resurfacing components are a new development.
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4. PERSPECTIVE ON METAL ON METAL TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
As a patient there are two reasons you should consider a metal-on-metal total hip replacement.
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5. METAL IONS, A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW
As a patient this is an excellent resource to know more about metal ions.
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6. THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING ADVERSE WEAR IN METAL-ON-METAL BEARING
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7. HIP RESURFACING: A DURABLE SOLUTION. NEW TECHNIQUES PRESERVE HIP FUNCTION IN YOUNG, HIGHLY ACTIVE PATIENTS.
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8. HIP HEMIRESURFACING: THERE NO LONGER IS ANY ROLE FOR THIS PROCEDURE
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9. ARTHRITIS AND NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT OPTION
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10. LOW BACK PAIN AND NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT OPTION
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11. ACETABULAR COMPONENT INCLINATION ANGLE
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12. WHAT IS THE BEST BEARING TYPE?
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13. HIP RESURFACING vs. STANDARD TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
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14. HIP RESURFACING SURVIVORSHIP, 2480 CASES OVER 10 YEARS
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VIDEO:

1. THE INTERVIEW OF DR.GROSS ABOUT HIP RESURFACING AT AAOS 2008

2. DR.GROSS DISCUSSES NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HIP SURGERY

3. UNCEMENTED HIP RESURFACING-DR. GROSS VIDEO INTERVIEW BY PATRICIA WALTER IN NOVEMBER 2008

4. THE INTERVIEW OF DR.GROSS ABOUT HIP RESURFACING IN 2009

5. THE INTERVIEW OF DR.GROSS ABOUT HIP RESURFACING IN 2011-PART 1
    THE INTERVIEW OF DR.GROSS ABOUT HIP RESURFACING IN 2011-PART 2

Publication:

1. METAL-ON-METAL HIP RESURFACING WITH AN UNCEMENTED FEMORAL COMPONENT. A SEVEN-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY J Bone Joint Surg Am 2008;90 Suppl 3:32-7.

2. MINIMALLY INVASIVE POSTERIOR APPROACH FOR HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY Techniques in Orthopaedics 2010;25 issue 1:pp39-49.

3. INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHS FOR PLACING ACETABULAR COMPONENTS IN HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Jun;469(6):1554-9.

4. IS RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY APPROPRIATE FOR POSTTRAUMATIC OSTEOARTHRITIS? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Jun;469(6):1567-73.

5. HIP RESURFACING IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE OSTEONECROSIS AND ARE 25 YEARS OR UNDER Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Jun;469(6):1582-8.

6. COMPARISON OF UNILATERAL AND RAPIDLY STAGED BILATERAL HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY Acta Orthop Belg. 2011 Apr;77(2):203-10.

7. COMPARISON OF FULLY POROUS-COATED AND HYBRID HIP RESURFACING: A MINIMUM 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY Orthopedic Clinics of North America.2011 Apr;42(2):231-9.

8. THE FIRST 100 FULLY POROUS-COATED FEMORAL COMPONENTS IN HIP RESURFACING Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis 2011 Volume 69 (S1) - August 2011.

9. PREVALENCE OF DYSPLASIA AS THE SOURCE OF WORSE OUTCOME IN YOUNG FEMALE PATIENTS AFTER HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY International Orthopaedics: Volume 36, Issue 1 (2012), Page 27-34.

10. CLINICAL OUTCOME OF THE METAL-ON-METAL HYBRID CORIN CORMET 2000 HIP RESURFACING SYSTEM:  AN UP TO 11-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY J Arthroplasty. 2011 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print].

11. RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR EARLY FEMORAL FAILURE IN METAL-ON-METAL HIP RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY: THE EFFECT OF BONE DENSITY AND BODY MASS INDEX J Orthop Surg Res. 2012 Jan 10;7(1):1.

12. IS THERE ADDED RISK IN RESURFACING A FEMORAL HEAD WITH CYSTS? Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 2011 Oct 17;6:55.

Abstracts:

1. My Three Tips to Start HSR

2. In Favor of a Cementless Femoral Component

3. Minimally Invasive Posterior

4. The Uncemented Femoral Component in Hip Surface Replacement