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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

 

Consensus Development Conference on Total Hip Replacement

    Notice is hereby given of the NIH Consensus Development Conference 
on ``Total Hip Replacement,'' which will be held September 12-14, 1994, 
in the Masur Auditorium of the National Institutes of Health, 9000 
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. This conference is sponsored 
by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
Diseases and the NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research. The 
conference begins at 8:30 a.m. on September 12, 8 a.m. on September 13, 
and at 9 a.m. on September 14.
    More than 800,000 artificial hip joints have been implanted in 
Americans. The successful replacement of deteriorated and severely 
injured hips has permitted continued mobility and independent living 
for many people who would otherwise be disabled. New technology for 
prosthetic devices for the hip and improved surgical techniques have 
decreased the risk and improved the immediate outcome of hip 
replacement surgery. These advances have also led to long-term success 
of the artificial hip.
    Questions remain, however, concerning which materials and 
prosthetic designs work best for specific groups of patients and which 
surgical techniques yield the best long term outcomes. Issues exist 
regarding the optimal approach for replacement (revision) surgery. 
Clarification also is needed regarding how to select patients for these 
procedures and how to improve the useful lifetime of an artificial hip.
    This conference will bring together specialists from the fields of 
orthopedic surgery, epidemiology, rehabilitation and physical medicine, 
biomechanics and biomaterials, geriatrics, and rheumatology.
    After 1\1/2\ days of presentations and audience discussion, an 
independent, non-Federal consensus panel will weigh the scientific 
evidence and write a draft statement that it will present to the 
audience on the third day. The consensus statement will address the 
following key questions:
     What are the current indications for total hip 
replacement?
     What are the design and surgical considerations relating 
to a replacement prosthesis?
     What are the responses of the biological environment?
     What are the expected outcomes?
     What are the accepted approaches and outcomes for revision 
of a total hip replacement?
     What are the most productive directions for future 
research?
    On the final day of the meeting, the consensus panel chairperson 
will read the draft statement to the conference audience and invite 
comments and questions.
    Advance information on the conference program and conference 
registration materials may be obtained from: Debra Steward, Technical 
Resources, Inc., 3202 Tower Oaks Blvd., Suite 200, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, (301) 770-3153.
    The consensus statement will be submitted for publication in 
professional journals and other publications. In addition, the 
consensus statement will be available beginning September 14, 1994, 
from the NIH Consensus Program Information Service, P.O. Box 2577, 
Kensington, Maryland 20891, phone 1-800-NIH-OMAR (1-800-644-6627).

    Dated: July 14, 1994.
Ruth L. Kirschstein,
Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 94-18071 Filed 7-25-94; 8:45 am]
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