A June 2007 assessment by the BCBSA Technology Evaluation Center found that “use of an FDA-approved metal-on-metal total hip resurfacing device as an alternative to THA in patients who are ...
The 2007 CTAF assessment stated that "It is not possible to conclude from the current peer reviewed literature that the currently approved hip resurfacing ... of care, total hip arthroplasty".
Hip resurfacing- surgery that takes less bone ... Beach Hospital says that one of his patients (Jecinta) required a total hip replacement because once there's a fracture in the head of the femur ...