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  2. List of orthopedic implants - Wikipedia

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    Total Hip Replacement: Lubinus SP II Austin Moore Bipolar Thompson Exeter Accolade Hip hemiarthroplasty: Hip resurfacing: Birmingham Total Knee Replacement: Gemini Endo-Model Sigma Attune Triathlon Scorpio Journey Legion Genesis II Vanguard VanguardXP NexGen Persona Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: Sled Oxford Shoulder/Elbow/Ankle ...

  3. Prosthesis - Wikipedia

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    Patient procedure. A prosthesis is a functional replacement for an amputated or congenitally malformed or missing limb. Prosthetists are responsible for the prescription, design, and management of a prosthetic device. In most cases, the prosthetist begins by taking a plaster cast of the patient's affected limb.

  4. Hip replacement - Wikipedia

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    Hip replacement. Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi/semi (half) replacement. Such joint replacement orthopaedic surgery is generally conducted to relieve arthritis pain or in some ...

  5. Paulina Porizkova is having hip replacement surgery at 58 ...

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    Paulina Porizkova is getting double hip replacement surgery.The model, 58, took to Instagram this week to tell fans that the procedure is "long overdue." "It turns out I was born with congenital ...

  6. Hip resurfacing - Wikipedia

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    Hip resurfacing has been developed as a surgical alternative to total hip replacement (THR). The procedure consists of placing a cap (usually made of cobalt-chrome metal), which is hollow and shaped like a mushroom, over the head of the femur while a matching metal cup (similar to what is used with a THR) is placed in the acetabulum (pelvis socket), replacing the articulating surfaces of the ...

  7. Hip, knee replacements back on track, boosting device makers

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    Older adults are catching up on missed hip and knee replacements and other non-urgent surgeries, a shift that will benefit medical device makers this year, Wall Street analysts said after insurer ...

  8. Dynamic hip screw - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic hip screw. Dynamic hip screw (DHS) or Sliding Screw Fixation is a type of orthopaedic implant designed for fixation of certain types of hip fractures which allows controlled dynamic sliding of the femoral head component along the construct. [citation needed] It is the most commonly used implant for extracapsular fractures of the hip, [1 ...

  9. Implant (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Implant (medicine) Orthopedic implants to repair fractures to the radius and ulna. Note the visible break in the ulna. (right forearm) A coronary stent — in this case a drug-eluting stent — is another common item implanted in humans. An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged ...

  10. Joint replacement - Wikipedia

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    In recent decades, the most successful and common form of arthroplasty is the surgical replacement of a joint or joint surface with a prosthesis. For example, a hip joint that is affected by osteoarthritis may be replaced entirely ( total hip arthroplasty) with a prosthetic hip.

  11. Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene - Wikipedia

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    Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene ( UHMWPE, UHMW) is a subset of the thermoplastic polyethylene. Also known as high-modulus polyethylene ( HMPE ), it has extremely long chains, with a molecular mass usually between 3.5 and 7.5 million amu. [1] The longer chain serves to transfer load more effectively to the polymer backbone by ...