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1) Back DL, Dalziel R, Young D, Shimmin A. Early results of primary Birmingham hip resurfacings.
An independent prospective study of the first 230 hips. Journal Bone Joint Surgery (Br) (2005 Mar) 87(3): 324-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Early%20results%20of%20primary%20Birmingham%20hip%20resurfacings.
2) Back D, Young DA, Shimmin AJ. How do serum cobalt and chromium levels change after metal-onmetal hip resurfacing? Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2006, Aug 24; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 16936594
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16131888?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
3) Cossey AJ, Back DL, Shimmin A, Young D, Spriggins AJ. The nonoperative management of
periprosthetic fractures associated with the Birmingham hip resurfacing procedure. The Journal of
Arthroplasty. 2005 Apr; 20(3): 358-61. PMID: 15809955
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15809955?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
4) Daniel J, Pynsent PB, McMinn DJ. Metal-on-metal resurfacing of the hip in patients under age of 55 years with osteoarthritis. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2004 May; 86(2): 177-184. PMID: 15046429
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Metal-on-metal%20resurfacing%20of%20the%20hip%20in%20patients%20under%20age%20of%2055
5) Daniel J, Ziaee H, Salama A, Pradhan C, McMinn DJ. The effect of the diameter of metal-on-metal bearings on systemic exposure to cobalt and chromium. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2006 Apr; 88(4): 443-8. PMID: 16567776
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16567776?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
6) De Smet KA, Pattyn C, Verdonk R. Early results of primary Birmingham hip resurfacing using a hybrid metal-on-metal couple. Hip International (2002) 12:2:158-162.
http://www.hip-int.com/index.asp?a=abstract&id=BE391CBB-DA26-4CEB-BE61-2AD127E
7) Ebied A, Journeaux SF, Pope JA. Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty: The Liverpool Experience. International Conference Engineers & Surgeons - Joined at the Hip. (Jun 2002) 1.
No abstract available
8) Glyn-Jones S, Gill HS, McLardy-Smith P, Murray DW. Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis of the Birmingham hip resurfacing arthroplasty. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Br) (March 2004), 86- B: 172-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Roentgen%20stereophotogrammetric%20analysis%20of%20the%20Birmingham%20hip%20resurfacing%20arthroplasty
9) Harty JA, Devitt B, Harty LC, Molloy M, McGuinness A. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry analysis of peri-prosthetic stress shielding in the Birmingham resurfacing hip replacement. Archives of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery. 2005 Dec; 125(10): 693-5. PMID: 16237532
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&term=%22Archives%20of%20orthopaedic%20and%20trauma%20surgery%22%5BJour%5D%20AND%20125%5Bvolume%5D%20AND%20693%5Bpage%5D%20AND%202005%5Bpdat%5D
10) Itayem RA, Arndt A, Nistor L, McMinn D, and Lundberg A. Stability of the Birmingham hip resurfacing arthroplasty at two years. A radiostereophotogrammetric analysis study. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Br) (February 2005), 87(2): 158-62
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Stability%20of%20the%20Birmingham%20hip%20resurfacing%20arthroplasty%20at%20two%20years.%20A%20radiostereophotogrammetric%20analysis%20study.
11) Kishida Y, Sugano N, Nishii T, Miki H, Yamaguchi K, Yoshikawa H. Preservation of bone mineral density of the femur after surface replacement of the hip. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Br) (March 2004), 86-B: 185-89.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Preservation%20of%20bone%20mineral%20density%20of%20the%20femur%20after%20surface%20replacement%20of%20the%20hip
12) Little CP, Ruiz AL, Harding IJ, McLardy-Smith P, Gundle R, Murray DW, Athanasou NA. Osteonecrosis in retrieved femoral heads after failed resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2005 Mar; 87(3): 320-3. PMID: 15773638
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Osteonecrosis%20in%20retrieved%20femoral%20heads%20after%20failed%20resurfacing%20arthroplasty%20of%20the%20hip
13) Loughead JM, Chesney D, Holland JP, and McCaskie AW. Comparison of offset in Birmingham hip resurfacing and hybrid total hip arthroplasty. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Britain. 2005 Feb; 87(2): 163-6. PMID: 15736735
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Comparison%20of%20offset%20in%20Birmingham%20hip%20resurfacing%20and%20hybrid%20total%20hip%20arthroplasty
14) Loughead JM, Starks I, Chesney D, Matthews JN, McCaskie AW, Holland JP. Removal of acetabular bone in resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip: A comparison with hybrid total hip arthroplasty. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2006 Jan; 88(1): 31-4. PMID: 16365116
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Removal%20of%20acetabular%20bone%20in%20resurfacing%20arthroplasty%20of%20the%20hip%3A%20A%20comparison%20with%20hybrid%20total%20hip%20
15) McMahon SJ, Young D, Ballok Z, Badaruddin BS, Larbpaiboonpong V, Hawdon G. Vascularity of the femoral head after Birmingham hip resurfacing. A technetium Tc 99m bone scan/single photon emission computed tomography study. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2006 Jun; 21(4): 514-21. PMID:16781403
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16781403?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
16) McMinn DJ, Daniel J, Pynsent PB, Pradhan C. Mini-incision resurfacing arthroplasty of hip through the posterior approach. Clinical Orthoapedics and Related Research. 2005 Dec; (441):91-8. PMID: 16330990
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Mini-incision%20resurfacing%20arthroplasty%20of%20hip%20through%20the%20posterior%20approach
17) Murray JR, Cooke NJ, Rawlings D, Holland JP, and McCaskie AW. A reliable DEXA measurement technique for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing. Acta Orthopaedics. 2005 Apr; 76(2): 177-181. PMID:16097541
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=reliable%20DEXA%20measurement%20technique%20for%20metal-on-metal%20hip%20resurfacing
18) Narvani AA, Tsiridis E, Nwaboku HC, Bajekal RA. Sporting activity following birmingham hip
resurfacing. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 2006 Jun; 27(6): 505-7. PMID: 16729256
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Sporting%20activity%20following%20birmingham%20hip%20resurfacing
19) Ong KL, Kurtz SM, Manley MT, Rushton N, Mohammed NA, Field RE. Biomechanics of the Birmingham hip resurfacing arthroplasty. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2006 Aug; 88(8):1110-5. PMID: 16877617
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Biomechanics%20of%20the%20Birmingham%20hip%20resurfacing%20arthroplasty
20) Pollard TC, Baker RP, Eastaugh-Waring SJ, Bannister GC. Treatment of the young active patient with osteoarthritis of the hip. A five- to seven-year comparison of hybrid total hip arthroplasty and metal-onmetal resurfacing. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2006 May; 88(5):592-600. PMID:
16645103
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Treatment%20of%20the%20young%20active%20patient%20with%20osteoarthritis%20of%20the%20hip.%20A%20five-%20to%20seven-year%20comparison%20of%20hybrid%20total%20hip%20arthroplasty%20and%20metal-on%20metal
21) Shimmin AJ and Back D. Femoral neck fractures following Birmingham hip resurfacing: A national review of 50 cases. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2005 Apr; 87(4):463-4. PMID:15795193
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Femoral%20neck%20fractures%20following%20Birmingham%20hip%20resurfacing%3A%20A%20national
22) Steffen RT, Smith SR, Urban JP, McLardy-Smith P, Beard DJ, Gill HS, Murray DW. The effect of hip resurfacing on oxygen concentration in the femoral head. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Britain). 2005 Nov; 87(11): 1468-74. PMID: 16260660
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=effect%20of%20hip%20resurfacing%20on%20oxygen%20concentration%20in%20the%20femoral%20head
23) Treacy RB, McBryde CW, and Pynsent PB. Birmingham hip resurfacing arthroplasty. A minimum followup of five years. Journal Bone Joint Surgery (Br) (2005 Feb) 87(2): 167-70
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Birmingham%20hip%20resurfacing%20arthroplasty.%20A%20minimum%20follow%20up%20of%20five%20years.
24) Treacy RB. To resurface or replace the hip in the under 65-year-old: The case of resurfacing. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2006 Jul; 88(4): 349-53. PMID: 16838407
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16838407?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
25) Takashi Nishii, Nobuhiko Sugano, Hidenobu Miki, Masaki Takao, Tsuyoshi Koyama, Hideki Yoshikawa. Five-Year Results of Metal-on-Metal Resurfacing Arthroplasty in Asian Patients. Journal of Arthroplasty, 2007, 22(2): 176-183.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Five-Year%20Results%20of%20Metal-on-Metal%20Resurfacing%20Arthroplasty%20in%20Asian%20Patients
26) Matthew P. Revell, Callum W. McBryde, Sharad Bhatnagar, Paul B. Pynsent and Ronan B.C. Treacy. Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing in Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 88:98- 103, 2006.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17079374?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
27) C. B. HING, D. L. BACK, M. BAILEY, D. A. YOUNG, R. E. DALZIEL, A. J. SHIMMIN. The results of primary Birmingham hip resurfacings at a mean of five years: An Independent Prospective Review of the First 230 Hips. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2007;89-B:1431-8.
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28) Takashi Nishii, MD, Nobuhiko Sugano, MD, Hidenobu Miki, MD, Masaki Takao, MD, Tsuyoshi Koyama,MD, and Hideki Yoshikawa, MD. Five-Year Results of Metal-on-Metal Resurfacing Arthroplasty in Asian Patients. The Journal of Arthroplasty Vol. 22 No. 2 2007
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&TransSchema=title&term=Five-Year%20Results%20of%20Metal-on-Metal%20Resurfacing%20Arthroplasty%20in%20Asian
29) C. W. MCBRYDE, K. DEHNE, A. M. PEARSON, R. B. C. TREACY, P. B. PYNSENT. One- or two-stage bilateral metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2007;89-B:1144-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&term=%22The%20Journal%20of%20bone%20and%20joint%20surgery.%20British%20volume%22%5BJour%5D%20AND%201144%5Bpage%5D%20AND%202007%5Bpdat%5D