title: Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing: a consensus from the Advanced Hip Resurfacing Course, Ghent, June 2009.
abstract: We report the consensus of surgical opinions of an international faculty of expert metal-on-metal hip resurfacing surgeons, with a combined experience of over 18,000 cases, covering required experience, indications, surgical technique, rehabilitation and the management of problematic cases.
authors.affiliation: ANCA Medical Center, Krijgslaan 181, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D011474:Prosthesis Design
chemical_list: D008670:Metals