BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing

Proven clinical success  |  No other resurfacing performs as well  |  Performance review

A review of the performance of the BIRMINGHAM HIP


The BIRMINGHAM HIP is one of the most studied modern hip implants. Over two dozen peer reviewed articles have been published evaluating the BIRMINGHAM HIP performance. Some of the landmark papers are:

  • Treacy - a minimum 5 year follow-up of the first 144 patients. Only 3 failures during this time. (6)
  • McMinn - a comparison of resurfacing and replacement in patients under 55 years of age. Resurfacing fared much better in the mid-term of 4-7 years. The BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing had 4 year results with success of 98% (3)
  • Shimmin – Success of 99% in first 230 cases (7)
  • DeSmet – Over 98% success (8)
  • Sugano – 96% success at 5 year minimum (1)

1. Y. Kishida, N. Sugano, T. Nishii, H. Miki, K. Yamaguchi, H. Yoshikawa; Preservation of the bone mineral density of the femur after surface replacement of the hip; J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2004;86-B:185-9. Received 20 March 2003; Accepted after revision 15 September 2003.
3. BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing (BHR) System FDA Pre-Market Approval submission labeling P040033c, May 9, 2006
6. R. B. C. Treacy, C. W. McBryde, P. B. Pynsent; Birmingham hip resurfacing arthroplasty: a minimum follow-up of five years; J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005;87-B:167-70.
7. D. L. Back, R. Dalziel, D. Young, A. Shimmin; Early results of primary Birmingham hip resurfacings: an independent prospective study of the first 230 hips; J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005;87-B:324-9.
8. De Smet KA; Belgium experience with metal-on-metal surface arthroplasty; Orthop Clin North Am. 2005 Apr;36(2):203-13, ix.


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