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John LaPointes' Double Knee Replacement More

Dr. Bose, firstly I want to thank you again for the "miracle" of the new knees. After the initial recovery I have been Pain free. Before it was a struggle to walk one block, and tennis was becoming more difficult and increasing painful (a constant 7). Now I can walk comfortably for any reasonable distance, and have become a "butterfly on the court".

Mrs. Al Saeed Nada Ali Kadhim - Rheumatold Arthritis More

Mrs Al Saeed Nada Ali Kadhim, from Iraq had Rheumatoid arthritis on both her knees for 20 years.

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Who Needs Hip Resurfacing?

10 June 2009 - The outstanding problem in conventional Hip Replacement is the young active patient with an arthritic hip. The problem is worse if the patient is male (higher loosening rates with THR), has an active job and wishes to play sport or engage in physical activity to keep himself healthy.

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The most extreme and well known example of this is the American footballer & baseball star Bo Jackson, who had a total hip replacement and returned to sport only for his hip to fail in under one year.

The best results of Hip Replacement in young patients are published from Wrightington in the north of England. This is the centre in which the conventional hip replacement was developed by Sir John Charnley in the early 60's. To this day this centre functions as a centre of excellence in Hip surgery and the institute is named after its founder Sir John.