From: "kaushikswathi"
To: <surfacehippy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:50 AM
Subject: [surfacehippy] Radiation Therapy To Prevent
Heterotopic Bone Formation
Hi all
The radiation therapy is used by some surgeons to prevent
heterotropic bone formation following total hip
replacement. In
cemented total hip replacement this does not cause much
problem.
However in Hip Resurfacing (Acetabular side) and uncemented
total
Hip Replacement the fixation of prosthesis is by the
natural bone
growing on the prosthesis. When radiation is used this
natural bone
growth is also affected which may lead to failure of
fixation. The
inventors of Birmingham hip resurfacing do not advise
radiation. We
follow this and we never had any heterotropic bone growth
following
hip resurfacing.
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