Dear Healthcare Professional Letters
Risk of early revision surgery with BIRMINGHAM HIP™ Resurfacing (BHR) system for certain patient sub‐populations
Audiences
Healthcare professional
Product type
Medical devices
17 February 2015
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Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ltd (“Smith & Nephew”) would like to inform healthcare professionals of an update to the Instruction For Use of the BIRMINGHAM HIP™ Resurfacing system to include warnings of greater risk for early revision surgery for certain population sub-groups. Healthcare professionals are recommended to maintain their usual follow-up protocol for patients who have undergone hip replacement or resurfacing surgery. Please refer to the letter for details.
Only abstracts of the Dear Healthcare Professional Letters (DHCPL) are provided on this website. Details of these letters can be found in the MOH Alert System, which is accessible via the Health Professionals Portal (HPP), a one-stop portal for all healthcare professionals in Singapore. Dentists, medical doctors and pharmacists may access HPP at https://hpp.moh.gov.sg and follow the procedures below to access the MOH Alert system.
Step 1: Select your profession under ‘For Healthcare Professionals’.
Step 2: Click on ‘Useful links’.
Step 3: Click on ‘MOH Alert’ and log in via Singpass.
Step 4: Click on ‘Drug Alerts’ or ‘Med Device Alerts’ to view the DHCPLs.