Hi ya Freya,
I'm Actually from Jersey in the Channel Islands (An Island off the coast of France but part of the British Isles.)
Mr. McMinn from Birmingham (UK) pioneered the BHR hence it's name, he also created the BMHR or the Birmingham Mid Head Resection which was designed for people with questionable bone density in the femoral neck. The stem is similar to the conventional BHR stem but a little wider and is drilled into the femoral neck with the ball then attached, but it is not anywhere near as long as the THR stem, thus allowing the bone to weight bare more and increase the natural strength and density of that bone.
The dysplasia cup is a cup with 2 lugs or screws inserted into the pelvis which aids with stabilization within the acetablia and the subsequent bone grafting is to help reconstruct the area's which were basically worn out. That then gives you a perfectly functional hip. Because my hip didn't sit in the socket properly my right leg lost 1cm in height which i got back after the operation.
I had the operation 3 weeks yesterday and have 1 more week partial weight baring, 4 more weeks fully weight baring still with 2 crutches then onto a stick for a couple of weeks. Yesterday i walk with crutches for about a mile without any pain. Unfortunately as i am a freelance personal trainer i am unable to work yet but am ok sitting at a desk doing paper work etc.
The cost was £13,000 Which included everything from the operation to my 7 day stay in his private hospital along with the Physio team which were great.
I would ask Mr. Bose about BMHR as i know other than Mr. McMinn he was one of the few people who perform this operation.
Check out
www.mcminncentre.com as there's some pretty good stuff on there about BMHR (if you stomach can handle it)
Stay in touch eh! Good luck
Graza