Types of hip prostheses

Types used at our department are marked as :

• ANCAFIT - ANCAFIT TOTAL HIPPROSTHESIS (see pdf-file)

• LEGEND V40 TRIDENT TOTAL HIPPROSTHESIS (Stryker Howmedica)

  
  

• M2a STANMORE - BIOMET TOTAL HIPPROSTHESIS

• ALLOFIT – METABLOC - METASUL

• BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING (BHR) PROSTHESIS (see pdf-file)

• CONSERVE PLUS (C+) RESURFACING

BESIDE THE ALTERNATIVE BEARINGS, metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-ceramic, to prevent the problems with polyethylene-wear new polyethylenes are produced. They are called HIGHLY CROSSLINKED POLY’S. These should be stronger and more wear -resistant. Older cross-linked poly’s functioned well (OONISHI-GROBBELAAR) in history but are not the same as the present ones. If they will stand longer then the old or conventional plastic, and if the good laboratory results can be accomplished in the body, only time can tell. (ABSTRACT J. Fisher , Hip International)

• “Custom made” PROSTHESIS: in rare occasions of extreme deformation of the joint or femur, the surgeon may need to use an individually designed prosthesis based on radiographs and CT-scan of the patients’ hip.