Hip

A new retractor makes MIS anterior hip procedures easier.

Exactech’s marketing communications doing a good job of attracting you to their AAOS booth by explaining what you’ll find when you get there.

UK MHRA updates all-metal hip guidance with statement that most patients are at low risk of developing any serious problems.

Irish Orthopaedic Technologists at X-Bolt gain mination for R&D award.

FDA warns DePuy about the use of custom device exemption to allegedly supply devices that don’t fit FDA’s definition of custom. DePuy then ceases manufacturing all custom devices.

After studying data relating to 3404 hips enrolled in 18 comparative studies and over 830 000 operations in national registries, researchers showed only limited evidence of comparative effectiveness of various hip implant bearing combinations.

Synvasive’s eLIBRA® knee balancing system will shortly be available from Zimmer following the recently announced acquisition.

Many large American companies consider the Far East to represent the best chance for growth, while paradoxically Chinese manufacturers are looking at USA as an opportunity to increase their own revenues.

Northwestern University has issued a press release about recent work published in December in Science relating to the formation of graphitic carbon, which has been identified as a naturally forming lubricant in metal-on-metal bearing surfaces in hip prostheses.

Exactech Inc., has announced the initiation of a prospective, randomized, multi-center, clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new cartilage repair technology.

Smith and Nephew has recently combined its Orthopaedic and Trauma Business with its Endoscopy business and has now announced 80 job losses in Memphis Orthopaedic Division.

Zimmer’s new Beijing-based centre reinforces company’s focus on innovations for the Asian market.

Clinical concerns about Hip Resurfacing will negatively affect growth in the Hip segment, according to a new Millennium Research Group report.

US sales down, International Sales well up for the quarter as Exactech sees overall sales revenue growth for the quarter of 13% year on year.

Smith & Nephew results for the third quarter show revenue increase, margin decrease and $150m cost reduction plans.

Siemens and Synthes have collaborated to develop PreOPlan software that will allow surgeons to virtually plan routine trauma and osteotomy surgery.