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Hi: Friends from overseas alsked me to help them find information about manuracturer's and/or suppliers of hip joint implants. They found an injured stray dog about a year ago. Since then he's been through a number of surgeries including two hip total replacements. One was successful, the other needs total reworking. They are looking for an implant with a longer stem (than the one they purchased from New Generation Devices) with an acetabulum cup that does not require cement but can be affixed with - I don't know - screws? Is there a company custom making veterinary hip joint implants on the basis of x-ray information (as they tell me is done for humans when necessary)? I need to start my search from somewhere and this site seemed the best bet. Thanks.

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Age: 4; Male; Breed: mut

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series of surgeries including hip replacement

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December 13 2005 at 1:53 PM (8 minutes and 18 seconds later)
         
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http://www.gcvs.com/surgery/total_hip.htm discusses the surgery and suggests
http://www.biomedtrix.com/ as a source for hip joint replacement materials that might suit their needs.
You can see the joint replacement system on that site and it includes cemented and non cemented possibilities.
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December 13 2005 at 2:04 PM (10 minutes and 54 seconds later)
         
Reply to Nancy Holmes's Post: Thanks for the prompt reply. My friends have already been in touch with Biomedtrix (as well as New Generation Devices) and it appears that neither has what they need. I myself went through a number of sites before I happened upon Just Answer and the Gulf Coast Vets was one of them. Now I know probably more than I need about hip displasia and hip replacement but I still don't have a list of implant supplier or manufacturers which is what they need so that they can order the prosthesis.
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December 13 2005 at 2:18 PM (14 minutes and 15 seconds later)
         
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