Orthopaedic Surgeon warns of hip replacement dangers
This article makes essential reading for anyone considering hip replacement surgery. It describes all the options and highlights the value of the The Swedish Hip Register. This was started in the 1970s and provides orthopaedic surgeons with well documented evidence of the success rates of the various hip replacement techniques.
Decisions about hip surgery should always be based on a thorough risk/benefit analysis. Whilst new technology is frequently promoted as superior its benefits can be hypothetical and the risks unknown. Mr Marston's article gives hip surgery patients the information they need to make sound decisions.
About Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Robert Marston
Mr Robert Marston is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London. He works privately at The Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth where he also runs an emergency traumaA physical injury or emotionally painful event. unit for elderly patients.
His areas of special interests are in primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty, minimally invasive hip and knee replacement and lower limb trauma.
Mr Marston's philosophy is to treat patients as efficiently as possible in order to minimise their pain and inconvenience following surgery for arthritisInflammation of one or more joints of the body. or trauma. He refuses to compromise patients' long term outcome by putting them on the cutting edge of unproven technology.
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