Asian Regional Center for Hip Resurfacing

Asian Regional Center for Hip Resurfacing is an Indian healthcare corporation that operates inside Apollo Hospital which operates 38 hospitals in South Asia. It is the largest healthcare provider in Asia and the third largest in the world. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/188315.cms]

Asian Regional Center for Hip Resurfacing Chennai is the first hospital in India to be Hip Resurfacing Surgery conducted by Dr.Vijay C Bose.

Hip Resurfacing Surgery in Asia

What is Hip Resurfacing ?

Hip resurfacing is a new conservative surgical technique of arthroplasty of the hip. In this,only the diseased surface of the head of femur is replaced with a cobalt chromium cap, retaining all the bone in the hip joint. The lining of the socket (acetabulam) is also replaced with the cobalt chromium cup .This mimics the natural hip closely and has near normal bio-mechanics, load transfer and range of movement.

Chronology of Hip resurfacing Events in Asia Hip resurfacing surgery was first performed by Dr. Derek McMinn the inventor of the Metal on Metal prosthesis in 1993. This was done using the McMinn Prosthesis.

o The first Birmingham hip resurfacing surgery was performed in 1996 at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham by Dr. Derek McMinn and Dr. Ronan Treacy.

o Corin hip resurfacing was first done by Brig.B.K.Singh at the Army Hospital, Delhi in 1997.

o Birmingham hip resurfacing was performed FIRST TIME IN INDIA in the year 2000 by Dr. Vijay C. Bose at Apollo Hospital Chennai. [http://www.hipresurfacingindia.com]

o Subsequently this procedure was started in Korea by Prof.Yu and in China by Prof Sugano respectively.

o In June 2002 the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) which is a medical advisory body in the U.K. recommended Metal on Metal hip resurfacing for all hip arthritics less than 65 years of age.

o The ARCH (Asian Regional Center for Hip Resurfacing ) was instituted in July 2005. [http://www.hipresurfacingindia.com]

o Other medical companies like Depuy (2005) and Zimmerv (2006) started manufacturing the metal on metal prosthesis.

o In May 2006 the Birmingham hip resurfacing prosthesis which was now manufactured by Smith and Nephew received the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in the United States of America.

References

* [http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mda/docs/p040033.html FDA approval for the BHR]
* [http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/ McMinn Centre website]
* [http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/histmetal.htm Metal on Metal Devices]

External links

* [http://www.hipresurfacingindia.com Official site]
* [http://apollohospitals.com Apollo Hospital site]
* [http://www.theapolloclinic.com The Apollo Clinic]
* [http://www.apollohealthstreet.com Apollo Health Street Limited]
* [http://www.prof-faensen.de/index.php?ed=McMinn-Hip-Resurfacing-BHR&id=mcminn_oberflaechenersatz_huefte&L=1 Informations about: Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR), Birmingham Mid-Head-Resection (BMHR) and metal on metal large diameter prosthesis]