title: Birmingham Hip Resurfacing arthroplasty: short-term clinical and radiographic outcome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcome of the first 300 consecutively implanted Birmingham Hip Resurfacing arthroplasties (BHR) in our department.
  
  
  METHODS
  300 BHR arthroplasties were performed in 263 patients until May 2003. Primary clinical endpoints of the investigation were the implant survival and the total Harris hip score, assessed at the last examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At a median follow-up time of 24 months the Kaplan/Meier survivor estimate was 98%. 6 implant revisions were performed due to infection (2), malposition (1), femoral neck fracture (1), primary unstable cup (1) and chronic pain (1), respectively. The median Harris hip score improved from 51 points to 96 points at last follow-up. No hip showed radiographic signs of aseptic implant loosening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The preliminary experience with the BHR for the younger adult requiring hip arthroplasty is encouraging, but has to be reproduced in the long-term.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Wolf-Christoph.Witzleb@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: Wolf-Christoph
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Witzleb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krummenauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Knecht
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ranisch
authors.forename: K-P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Günther
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome