Hip Talk Forum About Hip Resurfacing

What Hip Resurfacing Device did you receive? People with Bilateral surgeries can post 2 choices.

Both of my "devices" are BHRs.   

 ;D  Hi pat
  rickt here just had my 1st post drs vist and asked dr snyder what he pu in me and it was a cormet left hip     He said thats what he puts in big bones   mine was a 54m

Thanks Rickt.

Glad you are doing well.  Good Luck.

Pat

Hi Pat,

I received a Rt Birmingham Mid Head Resection. I initially was down for a straight BHR but they found AVN at surgery. I'm 9 days post op and doing reasonably well.

Cheers
Phil

I had a BioMet ReCap on 7/14/09 at the University of Miami, Dr. Sean Scully.  All is well so far.  Josh Young, Miami,  FL

Hello.  I had a BHR on my left hip 8/10/09.

Bruce

I have had De Puy ASR fitted 4th September 2009.

I had the choice of various devices and my consultant said he had no preference as to which one we should use. The hospital used De Puy ASR, so I decided to have the De Puy.

Hi Everyone,

I had a BHR on my right hip September 3, 2009. Went to work 1/2 day today 18 days post op. Good day, hip feels great but it wore me out so I came home early and slept...

Glen

Hi all -

I had a BHR on my right hip - July 15, 2009.

It's WONDERFUL!!

cj

Big Bill Here !!!

                Cormet was the device :o...Houston was the place ;D...installation date was 7/9/08 ::)...the hip is greaaat  8)

I had a BHR on my right hip August 26, 2009 - No regrets and limp is gone!!

Judy

I just got my biomet cementless right hip resurfaced yesterday. It feels great, I've been up walking with two crutches and stair climbing. Stiff but very little pain. They say tomorrow is the worse pain though.

Rick H

BIOMET Cementless - 1 year anniversary and loving every minute of it!

Just hit two years -- 12/18 -- on my first BHR and will hit two years on the second on 4/4/10.  Couldn't be happier.  I remain extremely grateful to my orthopaedist, Dr. Andy Engh, and the Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic in Northern Virginia, as well as Joint Replacement Center at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital.

Hi Pat,

BHR left hip. 9/22/2009 Dr. James Pritchett, Seattle

I had a RBHR performed by Dr. Aaron Salyapongse in Pleasanton, CA on Oct 21st, 2009.

Everything is good.

Hi Pat, I had bi-lateral BHRs 1-7-09.  Did I already vote?  Ted Roberts

Hi Pat,

I had a LBHR 22-10-08 - its great - no pain,  much better rom.
Great consultant too Mr Paddy Ascroft - thank you so much.
Aberdeen, Scotland

Biomet

BHR, Left hip, Dr Vijay Bose. Surgery on Jan 4, 2010. 38 years old. Been going to work (desk job) for 4 hrs/day since Jan 18, and working from home for few more hours. Went from 2 crutches to 1 a couple days back.

BHR 2/05
Dr. Bose
Doing great.

LBHR 03 Nov 2009 Mr T.M. Abuzakuk  Derby, England. 47 yrs old

RBHR 12/18/09 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago by Dr. Craig Della Valle.

Had a LBHR on Mar 12 2010 at Texas Orthoropedic Hospital , Houston,TX by Dr Gregory Stocks.  He came recommended and has done close to 200 BHRs and over 1800 THRs. McMin trained in 2006. Was great to know what I was about to go through and "hippies" saying "do it".  Thanks to all. I'll still have many questions.

Rick G
Woodlands,Tx
LBHR 3/12/10
Dr. Stocks

Pat, I received an uncemented Biomet resurfacing device on June 23, 2010.  My surgeon is Dr. Gross.  At 10 days post surgery, I think I am quite well and almost painfree.  I just feel wonderful.

LOL!!  I can see by the poll that I'm "OLD!" - when I had MY resurf, BHRs weren't even being done in the US...LOL!!

Hi,

I am a newbie - got a Right Conserve+ 17 days ago from Dr. deSmet 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 I was. They have very little experience with resurfacing, and see people with THR, 6 weeks post-op, who have lots of rehab to go. I would highly recommend Dr. de Smet for his surgical skill and his progressive rehab program. He has a great staff as well.

Hey, guys, so metal on metallyc or ceramic on plastic...........

Juan

Hi Juan,
I was of the understanding that most, if not all, HR's are metal on metal. I was told by my Dr who did the proceedure, that because the femoral component needs to be thin to "cap" the head (unlike the solid femoral ball in a THR), ceramic would be too fragile, and therefore it must be made of metal. Not sure about the acetabular cup... is that sometimes nonmetal? Again, my Dr explained that because the ball is bigger than in some THR, the acet. cup in HR needs to be press fit (no screws, as in THR) because there would be no room for screws (with screws they must then line the cup-reducing room for a large head- or the screws would cause friction). I believe that press fit cups need to be metal, so the bone can intergrate into them.
Am I misinformed? Please set me straight if I am. Thanks, Lu

Finsbury adept (original BHR anufacturer)

Quote from: gary2010 on November 24, 2010, 07:57:19 AM
Finsbury adept (original BHR anufacturer)

Coming from London, I understand that a device named Finsbury sounds more attractive than Birmingham!

I didn't get a choice, I liked the c+ but my surgeon is old-school McMinn and the finsbury is closest to the original spec, he knows the engineers and likes the instruments as well. He's pretty sceptical about cementless caps.

How's yours doing? I did 100 bodyweight squats to 90* with the swiss ball last night followed by bike and eliptical for an hour; legs are buggered today but the hip feels fine.

Cormet in left hip 23rd September 2010

I received a BHR.

LBHR
4/1/11
Dr. Rector
Boulder, Co.

So far all is good!

Craig

Hello All,

Received a RBHR-4/5/2011( 9 days ago ).  Procedure went very well.  Feeling better each day PO with PT.  Trying to ween myself off the Percocets(2 in AM to get started....Maybe 1 or 2 more during the day as needed).  Doing 4-5 sets of PT prescription a day.  Seems to be going well .  On 2 crutches for 4 days; then 1 crutch for 5 days then onto just a cane today(thanks Dad).  Getting up is getting easier and easier-as well as getting seated. 

Hope everyone is doing well...

LBHR, 3/2/11, Boulder, CO, Community Hospital, Dr. James Rector. After about 5 years of increasing pain, I'm feeling as though my "old" self is returning. I'll feel complete once I can get back on the road bike and can tackle a mountain or 2.

I have the Adept from Finsbury.

Glenn

Comet on both. Feels great, and on the downslope on both, one at 4.5 months, the other at 7.5 months. Dr. Snyder did a good job on both.

Bilat BHRs, one months apart. 

I'll be taking my first plane trip since the surgery on Friday.  Looking forward to the TSA massage.

I'm and other x2 with the BMHR:  Birmingham Mid Head Resection installed a month ago yesterday.
http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/birmingham-mid-head-resection.html (http://www.mcminncentre.co.uk/birmingham-mid-head-resection.html)

Uncemented Biomet. Both sides.

Right on January 10, 2011

Left on January 12, 2011

Dr. Thomas Gross, Columbia, S.C.

Got on May 12-2011 a beautiful piece of engineering called "Wright Conserve +"

Hi, I had Bilateral hips done, both with the Smith and Nephew Mid section BHR's.

Biomet uncemented -  39deg

I had a R BHR on September 11, 2009 at HSS.

I had a bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing on December 20th, 2011 at (Detroit Medical Center) DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital's Private Room Orthopedic Unit, located in Commerce, Michigan.

Dr. Schmitt (Dr. Detroit) is awesome.

After spending a year on here and researching else where I picked the best surgeon I could get and the device with the longest and best track record the BHR.

HI PAT,

i had RBHR on 2/13/12 by DR Goetz des moines, Ia.

RBHR Dr. Su at HSS on April 20,2012

BHR

LBHR Sept 2008, Dr. Robert Gilbert
RBHR May 2012, Dr. Chris Cox
Delighted with results!!!

Excellent, Happy - how far along are you on the second?

Is there perhaps a page describing the different devices?  I've been told that I will receive a similar device to the BHR, but it is less expensive.

Quote from: Rosie90 on February 22, 2013, 11:03:28 AM
Is there perhaps a page describing the different devices?  I've been told that I will receive a similar device to the BHR, but it is less expensive.

Here you go rosey:

http://www.surfacehippy.info/hipresurfacingdevices.php (http://www.surfacehippy.info/hipresurfacingdevices.php)

Pat has put together a list of the most common devices. What is the name of yours?

Rosey

There are only 3 hip resurfacing devices FDA approved being used in the US.  BHR, Cormet and Wright Conserve Plus.  Dr. Gross uses the Biomet which has both components FDA approved, but not approved as a device.  It is used "off label" for insurance coverage since both components have been approved separately. 

I would always ask the surgeon just what I was getting and what size.  They should give you a card telling that after your surgery.

Pat

Surgery date 09 July 2013
Conserve Plus HA Cup 48MM
Femoral Component 42mm

Surgery with De Smet in Gent, Belgium

Thus far - VERY AMAZED AND PLEASED!!!!

birmingham

RBHR

Synovo Preserve (Dr. Pritchett)

I had the Synovo Preserve with Dr. Pritchett in Seattle. Uncemented ceramicised titanium and cross-linked polyethylene. It seemed the best choice for me. I'm allergic to nickel, which is present in the metal implants. I'm only 8 days out and am walking with crutches but more as support. I'm permitted to bear weight on the hip within reason. I have little pain or swelling left, still taking tylenol and advil 3 times a day.

Had my right hip done early Dec. Was expecting it to be BHR but received an Adept system, made in the UK.