Well, I've dealt with this gimpy hip for years and it's deteriorated to the point where this week I had my Doctor give me an anti-inflammatory prescription. Prior to this Monday, I'd take Ibuprofen maybe once every few weeks. But I've reached the point where I can't run and I walk with a limp. I'm an 18 year old in a 46 year old body with an 86 year old hip.
Well enough. My hip now haunts me. I can't be me. I like to bike, play softball, go for long walks....Yet my hip will flare up and all I want to do is go to bed. I take ibuprofen, feel better, go for a jog, then feel absolutely miserable when it wears off.
I've decided to have a resurfacing done within the next 18 months. I just have to get ready. REALLY Lose weight, REALLY get in shape, REALLY get my sick leave built up, and pick a Doctor and procedure. My family doctor told me I've just worn down my cartilage, with a too round femur head helping the process.
Questions; What procedure to pick?, which Doctor?, etc. I'm all for reduced recovery times and minimal cutting. I have seen the following from my internet searches, but these Doctors don't seem to be listed on this site, nor is the procedure. Is anyone familiar with this?
Thanks, MikeinNeb
Orthopedic surgeons Dr. Bruce Janke and Dr. Steven Naide are performing the procedure using the hana® table housed at North Broward Medical Center. The hana® table is a specially designed surgical table that allows for hyperextension, adduction and external rotation of the hip to an extent not possible with conventional tables. While utilizing the table, surgeons are able to reach the hip socket without detachment of the muscles or tendons from the hip or thigh bones. North Broward Medical Center is the only hospital in Florida to own two of these unique tables designed specifically to aide orthopedic surgeons in the anterior approach to hip surgery.
“The anterior approach has been extremely successful with total hip replacements,” says Dr. Bruce Janke, Medical Director of the Joint Replacement Center at North Broward Medical Center. “It just makes sense to transfer the concept to other types of hip surgery.”
With the anterior approach, a small four inch incision is made just below and to the outside of the groin. Two muscles are then pushed aside, giving the surgeons access to the hip socket to perform the resurfacing. No muscles at any time during the procedure are split or detached. For the patient, this results in a faster recovery, less pain, smaller incision, less blood loss and less scarring.
“We’re especially excited about what this means for our younger patients,” says Dr. Steven Naide, Medical Director of Orthopedic Trauma at North Broward Medical Center. “Patients in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s won’t have to go through the recovery process and live with the precautions associated with traditional hip resurfacing through the posterior approach.”
Patients receiving anterior hip resurfacing experience none of the precautions related to resurfacing utilizing the posterior approach, including no post-op dislocation precautions, no restriction of post-op activity, immediate use of normal toilet height, no post-op abduction pillow (between the knees) required, cross legs as desired, no shoe lift requirements and no post-op sexual activity limitations.