Updated 6/16/08 Download Patricia’s Book in pdf format by clicking the button below: Pat has written her new book to help people with questions about hip resurfacing. It is her complete story about her BHR that she received on March 15, 2006 from Dr. De Smet in Belgium Book Cover Book Forward Book… Continue reading →
LBHR De Smet January 15, 2008 Julie 4 weeks after surgery Julie 6 weeks after surgery Salut ! I am now 12 days after surgery, back home in Montreal. I am now a happy owner of a left BHR. It took 50 minutes to implant the device. The installation of the femoral component… Continue reading →
Bi-Lat with Dr. De Smet December 2006 Updated 1/2/09 Kani at the Villa in Belgium The following is an account of my bilateral hip resurfacing adventure gathered from some emails I had sent and some of which were posted on the Surface Hippy website. I hope they will give an insight for anyone interested in… Continue reading →
I have now had the operation from Dr De Smet for my hips. Pretty courageous move to achieve. Interesting he used the Conserve plus device in the end in which I thought he would. He is not biased in any way just what he thinks works best. My surgery was … Continue reading →
Today is my 8 year anniversary of my BHR by Dr. De Smet of Belgium. It is still doing well and I never had any problems with my hip resurfacing. I was very lucky to have a quick and easy recovery. I was on one crutch for 3 weeks and … Continue reading →
Pablo’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2013 February 04, 2013 I’m a 46 year old male, and will need a hip resurfacing this year. The arthritis in my case is apparently due to the combination of three factors: developmental dysplasia (mild I guess), femoroacetabular impingment (FAI) and joint hypermobility. … Continue reading →
Roemer Visser’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2013 Friday, Oct 11, 2013 It’s strange, but I have a new hip. That is to say, just three days ago, Dr. Koen de Smet resurfaced my left hip using the Birmingham method. I’ve just entered the last two hours of my … Continue reading →
Jira’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2010 I received a Right Conserve+ 17 days ago from Dr. De Smet of Belgium. We got home to Canada 6 days ago and today I had my first exercise session in our local pool. The therapists were blown away by how mobile … Continue reading →
Jan’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2008 December 9, 2008 7 weeks post surgery (bilateral resurfacing by Koen De Smet in Ghent on October the 17th) I started working after 4 weeks Driving car (manual gears) after 2,5 weeks Daily 1 hour on a home trainer with low … Continue reading →