Hello,
I have been having pain when walking on my BHR hip, which was resurfaced in 2005. A GP doctor diagnosed the pain as being osteo-arthritis in the hip.
Is this possible to a hip that has had a BHR performed on it?
Ruxie100

My hip was resurfaced in April 2008 & I have bone spurs on it and calcifications in the surrounding tissues.  Not a problem right now, but I'm afraid it will be in the future. :(

Whoa. This is 1st I've heard of this one. Hopefully more people will chime in. I'm 4 wks post-op and delighted at the fact that arthritis pain is gone. I'd been terribly depressed if it were to return.

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Pretty hard to have cartilage loss when there's no cartilage.
Pretty hard to have "bone on bone" friction when the joint is MOM.

If a GP doctor is a General Practitioner then I highly recommend seeing a bone doc or if possible, whoever did your resurfacing. A GP hardly has the skill to properly diagnose.

I agree with FlbrkMike, there is no cartilage to wear away or bone on bone. This is the first I ever heard of OA returning after surgery.

Clearly there is not going to be arthritis issues on the articular surfaces, since these are both metal surfaces. However, as one person mentioned, there is still potential for abnormal calcification and bone spurs forming around the edges of the acetabulum, which could possibly relate to impingement issues. Since arthritis is such a generic term, just meaning inflammation in or around a joint, it would probably be fair to refer to this as arthritis. I have not heard of it being common, but I believe that it can happen.

The clue is in the name, 'osteo-arthritis', there are other causes of inflammation, including auto-immune reactions, maybe get a blood test, and an x-ray of course. Send the latter to one of the leading surgeons on here who will give an opinion by e mail.