Welcome on the site of Dr. Koen De Smet, from the ANCA Medical Center for Hip Surgery at Gent, Belgium.

The belgian ANCA-Clinic of the AMC-Gent earned an international reputation for its expertise and skills in hip resurfacing and trauma surgery. Many young and active patients, and athletes from around the world, has found their way to the clinic. But also patients, part of the so-called 'difficult-cases' group, have been helped successfully by the clinic's excellent and experienced team.
This web site is about sharing information on hip problems and treatment, and on the health care services offered by the ANCA clinic to its foreign patients.

Lately, we saw a number of alarming articles in the press around the topic of Metal-on-Metal, Resurfacing hip prosthesis, ASR, and metal-ions/debris. We have collected a number of these articles for you, together with a response of dr. Koen De Smet and others: