Getting close to choosing my Surgeon......your thoughts please...

Tin Soldier · June 30, 2011, 05:01:27 PM

That's part of the reason I went with him. He's very positive about HR but also very frank and a great scientist.

Kiwi · June 30, 2011, 09:58:45 PM

John C - Thanks for posting link, I've sent to Dr Blackley just in case he's not read it. He keeps reiterating "BHR will fail - If I get less than 5 year it's unlucky. If I get more than 10 years it's good". It's more to make me aware of risks than anything else - which of course I must be (aware).

Lopsided · July 01, 2011, 06:11:03 AM

Quote from: Kiwi on June 30, 2011, 09:58:45 PM
If I get less than 5 year it's unlucky. If I get more than 10 years it's good

Are we expected to get revisions every ten years? I don't think so.

While there are no guarantees, I would expect a well placed good device to last.

Eitan · July 02, 2011, 10:16:26 AM

Re: "Why are we seeing papers like Pritchett's?"

Interesting stuff, and I have no reason to doubt his results, but where was this "paper" published? I read through it, and it looks pretty "rough" to me. The first paragraph makes statements such as "faster recovery, less pain after resurf than THR" which I am pretty sure no peer reviewed journal would let slide, as that is totally unproven. Does anyone have more info on this paper? Was it really published in a peer reviewed jornal? Thanks.

Lopsided · July 02, 2011, 11:09:12 AM

Well I thought Dr. Pritchett's paper was bloody marvelous.

FlbrkMike · July 02, 2011, 11:40:17 AM

Here's a link to what seems to be virtually the same study. It appears that there are some differences to the paper linked by John C, but I haven't had a chance to read through both. This one was published in an orthopaedic journal.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2311483/?tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2311483/pdf/11999_2008_Article_165.pdf

Tin Soldier · July 02, 2011, 06:45:35 PM

I think the 2 papers he has on his website are what Flbrmike just posted, but there were no publish dates on the ones on his website. I actually asked him when they were written. Maybe he published them on his website before going into a journal. Not sure, but I'be happy to ask for more detail when I'm laying on the operating table before the main line gets tapped.

If you guys think I blabber here, you should see me when I'm on Oxy.