Surgeon Ratings Website by Consumers’ Checkbook

Posted on by May 23, 2017

Choosing the best surgeon can reduce your chances of death, complications, or other bad outcomes. This website, based on analyses of more than five million surgeries done in hospital by more than 50,000 surgeons, shows you which surgeons’ patients Checkbook found had the lowest (or highest) rates of deaths, prolonged lengths of stay (indicating likely complications), or need to be readmitted to hospital, after our risk-adjustments for patient characteristics.


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Women More Sensitized than Men to Metal in Hip Replacement Medical Study

Posted on by May 14, 2017


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Recent studies indicate that females demonstrate an increased risk of experiencing adverse local tissue reactions, aseptic loosening, and revision after primary metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty compared with males; the underlying biological mechanisms responsible for sex discrepancies in implant failure remain unclear. In addition to anatomical and biomechanical sex differences, there may be inherent immunological disparities that predispose females to more aggressive adaptive immune reactivity to implant … Read the rest

7 Year Update Jack’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Clarke 2010

Posted on by May 12, 2017
Read Jack’s Full Story Here Nearing my 7 year anniversary this month! I recently had a check up with Dr. Clarke. He told me that the 46mm and smaller BHR’s had been discontinued/recalled due to failures. Luckily mine is larger than that at 50mm. Still, that is a bit disconcerting. I will be going in for a blood metal level test to find out how mine is. He x-rayed it… Read the rest

5 Year Update James C’s Hip Resurfacing 2012

Posted on by May 12, 2017
Thank you so much for setting up your website all those years ago. I had my resurfacing 5 years ago now (at 34) and am doing brilliantly. Without your site I’m not sure I would have had the knowledge or confidence to get the procedure done. It has made a massive difference to my life, so much so that it has been a long time since I have visited your

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1 1/2 Year Update Blinky’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2015

Posted on by May 12, 2017

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The short version is that everything is going well. I am running every other day up to 10K. My paces are getting faster. I swim four times a week and my strokes feel more natural and fluid, including the undulation of breaststroke and fly. I walk, lift, bend, jump, leap, do all the things a person does in every day life without a thought about … Read the rest

Glenn’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Pritchett 2017

Posted on by May 2, 2017

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…I am now almost 4 weeks out. My recovery went as follows: 12 days crutches, straight to cane day 13, then you realize you can walk around without a cane. I went to my 2 week checkup without the cane. Mistake. Bit off more than I can chew. At the end of the day, I would have begged someone to give me a piggyback ride … Read the rest

5 Year Update Larry’s HR with Dr. Anderson 2007/2012

Posted on by April 29, 2017


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April 29, 2017  – This thread is to update my progress after five years on my second hip.  I am now going on 71 years and will be taking the National Ski Patrol classes this summer and plan to be an active Patroller this winter at the ski areas in the Midwest that are near me.  I have enjoyed cross country ski races of 25K, … Read the rest

Orthopaedic Registry Reaches One Millionth Procedure Milestone

Posted on by April 21, 2017

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AJRR’s data collection helps providers improve patient care

Rosemont, Ill. – March 14, 2017 – The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), the National Registry for the collection of hip and knee replacement data, has reached the one millionth hip and knee procedure milestone. This increased volume of data will lead to a more comprehensive look at joint replacement surgeries in America, and will aid hospital staff

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9 Month Update Wayne Morris HR with Dr. Rogerson 2016

Posted on by April 18, 2017

Just wanted to update the progress of my resurfaced hip done on August 18th. Three days ago I finished a 3000km bike ride from the very top of New Zealand to the very bottom and for the entire ride I had zero issues. In fact I’d forgot that it had even been done at all it was so good!

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10 Year Update Edwin Prichard with Dr. Burnell 2007

Posted on by April 10, 2017

I had both hip’s go bad almost 11 year’s ago now, I found my doctor in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that fall and he resurface both hip’s on April 4 and April 13/2007 with Birminham  joint’s.

Dr. Burnell had only done 30 some resurfacing’s at that time but I took the chance and they have worked out great. I still farm some, walk a few mile’s everyday with my dog.

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Patients Who Live Alone Can Recover Effectively and Safely at Home

Posted on by April 7, 2017

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…a new study to be presented Thursday, March 16, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), found that even patients who live alone can recover effectively and safely at home…

…(The Study) involved 769 patients undergoing primary THR or TKR. Of these, 138 patients lived alone and 631 lived with other people. In both groups, patients age 75 … Read the rest