In 1938 Marion Smith-Peterson placed a cobalt chromium cup on a reshaped femoral head to perform the first hip resurfacing.15 Also, in 1938, Philip Wiles performed the first total hip replacement.17 Both procedures revolutionized the treatment of hip arthritis. Most surgeons are opposed to hip resurfacing because it is difficult to perform and there is a high rate of success with total hip repl...

Nowadays, Erbium: YAG laser resurfacing of periorbital skin has become a very popular method of wrinkle reduction. Seven patients with Fitzpatrick skin phototypes of II to V were treated with a 2940 nm Erbium: YAG laser system for resurfacing of periorbital wrinkles. Photographic evalution performed before and after treatment. Patients were visited at 1,2,3,5,7,14,30 and 60 days after laser res...

The purpose of this study was to compare clinical and radiological outcomes of the first 191 fully porous-coated hip resurfacing arthroplasties with 96 hybrid hip resurfacing arthroplasties performed during the same period at a minimum 2-year follow-up to evaluate the initial fixation of uncemented femoral resurfacing components. The results of this study indicate that fully porous-coated femor...

Hip resurfacing has recently been offered as an attractive alternative to conventional total hip arthroplasty. This report evaluated the short-term functional outcome and longevity of a newer generation resurfacing device and includes the results of 228 consecutive hip resurfacing in 209 patients at a minimum of two-year follow-up. All resurfacing were performed by a single surgeon using a post...

We review the history and literature of hip resurfacing arthroplasty. Resurfacing and the science behind it continues to evolve. Recent results, particularly from the national arthroplasty registers, have spread disquiet among both surgeons and patients. A hip resurfacing arthroplasty is not a total hip replacement, but should perhaps be seen as a means of delaying it. The time when hip resurfa...

The list of indications for which Variable Square Pulse (VSP) Er:YAG laser systems can be used is continuously expanding. For example, ablative fractional resurfacing treatments performed with the VSP Er:YAG laser have good clinical outcomes and significantly shorter recovery times and adverse effects compared with traditional ablative laser skin resurfacing. Recently, an Er:YAG laser operating...