Surface Hippy Info is an International patient site created by patients for patients.  It is filled with informative articles and stories from patients and doctors.  It emphasizes how possible it is to return to a full ACTIVE LIFE with Hip Resurfacing.
OWL editor's note. The following statement appears on this site "Surface Hippy Info is not financially controlled by or affiliated with any device manufacturers, surgeons or medical centers performing this procedure."
Category: Patient Information/Hip

Orthopedic and Rehabilitation products manufacturer.
Supports and Braces.<
Category: Orthopedic Industry/Suppliers/Soft Goods Manufacturing

Spine surgery specialists based in Central, Hong Kong.
Our aim is to provide an accurate diagnosis and a structured treatment plan.
A selection of some of the services we offer:
 
INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT:
Epidural Injection
Selective Nerve Root Block
Facet Joint Injection
Discography
Radiofrequency Neurotomy
Lumbar Disc Biacuplasty
Sacro-iliac Joint Injection
 
SPINE SURGERY:
Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement - Prestige LP, Prodisc-C
ACF / ACDF
Laminoplasty
Cervical Spine Instrumentation
Cervical and Lumbar Deformity Correction
 
PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURES:
Percutaneous Transforaminal Discectomy
Endoscopic Laser Foraminotomy
Hydrodiscectomy
Verterbroplasty and Kyphoplasty
 
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY:
MEDRx discectomy
MEDRx decompression
SEXTANT TLIF
Percutaneous Lumbar Interspinous Decompression
 
SPINAL TUMOUR SURGERY:
Decompression and Stabilisation / Instrumentation
 
REVISION SPINE SURGERY:
Revision Decompression and or Fusion
 
COMPUTER ASSISTED SPINE SURGERY:
2D Fluoroscopic and 3D CT based Navigation

Category: Surgeons and Clinics/Hong Kong

Welcome to the website for Dr Alison Bale and Martin Bale. Dr Bale is a chiropractor and Martin is a Bowen and Trigger Point practitioner. We are based in Margao, Goa, India.
Category: Chiropractic/India

OR-Live will broadcast a live surgery from Brigham and Women's Hospital utilizing a novel, personalized knee implant. The new prosthetic, the ConforMIS iDuo, is a bicompartmental resurfacing implant designed for patients whose arthritic damage is limited to either the medial or lateral compartments of the knee, in addition to the patellofemoral compartment. The implant resurfaces only the affected areas, offering a minimally invasive, bone preserving option for younger patients that does not compromise their ability to move to a traditional total knee replacement in the future. The procedure also preserves the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, which help to maintain knee kinematics.

Dr. Tom Minas, Director of the Cartilage Repair Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Dr. Wolfgang Fitz, Associate Orthopaedic Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital will perform the surgery. The webcast will be moderated by Dr. Thomas Thornhill, MD, Chief of Orthopaedics at Brigham and Women's.

The implant is created through an advanced image-to-implant process that utilizes CT scans from a patient to create a virtual model of a patient's knee. The implant, as well as the cutting and placement guides used for the surgery, are custom designed and manufactured to match each patient's knee anatomy.

To assure precise implantation, the surgeons will utilize patient-specific instruments designed from the same scans as the implant, including data on the patient's biomechanical axis. The patient-specific cutting and placement guides reduce the number of steps during surgery and provide precise guidance to accurately place the instruments, simplifying the surgical technique. This personalized approach eliminates many of the bone cuts required in traditional surgery, helping to reduce surgical and recovery times. More than 80 patient-specific, partial knee resurfacing procedures have been performed worldwide.

Category: Multimedia Presentations/Knee

Am 20. November 2008, um 17 Uhr - Mitteleuropäischer Zeit - wird OR-Live aus der orthopädischen Universitätsklinik Regensburg im Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach, eine Live-Operation über das Internet übertragen. Dabei wird ein neuartiges, personalisiertes Knieimplantat zum Einsatz kommen. Diese neue Knieendoprothese, das ConforMIS iUni™ Implantat, ist ein unikompartimenteller Oberflächenersatz für Arthrose-Patienten mit degenerativen Schäden des medialen oder lateralen tibiofemoralen Kniekompartiments.

Das von der amerikanischen Zulassungsbehörde FDA zugelassene und mit dem CE-Siegel versehene Implantat ist eine Weiterentwicklung der unikompartimentellen Implantattechnologie für das Kniegelenk. Das iUni wird mithilfe eines virtuellen Kniemodells der Patienten hergestellt, das anhand von CT-Aufnahmen entsteht. Das Implantat und das dazugehörige OP-Instrumentarium werden entsprechend der einzigartigen Knieanatomie des Patienten maßangefertigt.

Diese Individualisierung ermöglicht eine präzise achsgerechte Ausrichtung des Implantats und eine natürliche Kniekinematik und ist im Vergleich zum herkömmlichen Kniegelenkersatz weniger invasiv. Das dabei verwendete OP-Einweginstrumentarium iJig™ wird ebenfalls auf den Patienten abgestimmt und sorgt für eine einfache und leicht erlernbare Operationstechnik.

Category: Multimedia Presentations/Knee

This is a collection of divers radiology cases including several MKS/orthopedic cases for resident, fellow and physicians.
 

Category: Teaching Resources/Radiology

Total hip resurfacing, an alternative to total hip replacement, generally provides the best outcomes in men under the age of 55 years, new research suggests. Women of any age and men over 55 are at greater risk for complications, and when they occur they tend to be more severe.
Category: OCOSH Classification/Orthopaedic Procedures/Arthroplasty/Replacement Arthroplasty/Hip Replacement Arthroplasty/Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty

The most common mechanism for TA rupture is pushing off with the weight-bearing forefoot while extending the knee (eccentric contraction of the calf muscles). The same effect can also be created by a sudden unexpected dorsiflexion of the ankle as in a fall from a height.
Category: OCOSH Classification/Trauma/Rupture/Heelcord Ruptures

Definition:
* A condition where the pressure within an enclosed anatomical compartment rises sufficiently to obstruct the micro-vascular circulation causing tissue ischemia and, if left untreated, necrosis.
* A prerequisite for the development of increased tissue pressure is an envelope restricting the volume available to the enclosed tissue. Such envelopes include the epimysium, the fascia, the skin, and casts or other circumferential dressings. Examples of fascial envelopes include those surrounding the volar compartment of the forearm, the anterior compartment of the leg, and the deep posterior compartment of the leg.
Category: OCOSH Classification/Muscular Diseases/Compartment Syndromes