Summary  

Although Hip Resurfacing is relatively new procedure, it holds out great promise for the younger more active high demand patient as it permits a full return to normal activity.

The modern generation of Metal-on-Metal Resurfacing implants stem from the concept of Mr. Derek McMinn. Over a period of some years he honed the design of metal on metal resurfacing into the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing, leaving behind the deficiencies of the earlier developmental designs. Today the only device endorsed by Mr. McMinn is the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing from Smith & Nephew.

Acknowledgments  

We gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Mr. P.W. Howard FRCS (Derby) and Mr. J.N. O’Hara FRCS (ROH, Birmingham) in the production of this booklet.