Hi
Welcome to Hip Talk. There are statistics that show small men and women don't do as well with hip resurfacing. But even the worst statistic for women is a 4% revision rate. You can see some of the recent statistics on the Australian National Registry Info
http://www.surfacehippy.info/aoanationalreg09.php With that being said, it doesn't mean that you are not a good candidate. An experineced hip resurfacing surgeon will look at each patient individually and determine if you are a good candidate. If your surgeon is not a really experienced hip resurfacing surgeon, you would probably not want them to even try a resurfacing on you anyways. I would suggest writing to Dr. De Smet of Belgium and send him a copy of your x-rays in a digital format as a .jpg He will give you a free consultation and tell you if you really are a good candidate or not. If he says no, then you mind would be more at ease to know a MOM THR would be OK. If not, you would have to find the money to go to someone like De Smet or any of the top surgeons in the UK which is very close to you.
http://www.surfacehippy.info/listofdoctors.php#UK Dr. De Smet is one of the best in the world and I think the surgery use to be around $13,000. Not sure what it is now.
I would first find out what his thoughts are, then if you are a candidate - figure out how to get a resurfacing. You can't force a surgeon to give you one and you don't want to use someone that doesn't really believe in it. The last thing you want is a resurfacing not done right.
Here is his info
Dr. Koen De Smet
3200 Hip Resurfacings to date ***
ANCA Clinic
AMC-Gent
Krijgslaan 181
9000 Ghent
BELGIUM
Phone: +(1)32 9 2525903
Fax: +(1)32 9 2526457
+1 for USA & Canada:
E-mail: helpdesk@heup.be
ANCA Clinic Website
Hope that's a start for you. You are very young to be considering a THR. If you had the money, a trip to India to have a resurfacing with Dr. Bose would also work well. He is use to doing a lot of smaller people since he does a lot of small Indian women. You can go to India including travel and medical expenses for around $10,000
Good Luck and stay in touch.
Pat