Hi Emaxwell
Welcome to Hip Talk.
I am the owner/webmaster of the Surface Hippy Website. This is my personal project to hep people learn about hip resurfacing.
If you read the notes on the List of Doctors - you will see only surgeons that have done at least 100 hip resurfacings are listed. There are a few exceptions from doctors I had listed a long time ago that do support hip resurfacing.
I only know about doctors that either write to me or that have their patients write to me. I am not trying to list every surgeon in the world that does hip resurfacing. I prefer to list the really experienced hip resurfacing surgeons that are very dedicated to hip resurfacing. They have a lot of happy patients whose stories I have posted on the website. There are a number of newer hip resurfacing surgeons that are just as happy to give a patient a THR as a resurfacing. I don't want those kinds of doctors listed. I want dedicated surgeons listed. If you go to the medical manufactuers websites - you can get a list of every surgeon in the US that does hip resurfacing without any reference to their experience.
Too many people go to the less experienced surgeons and they will suggest a THR if the hip surgery looks difficult. Hip resurfacing is a very difficult surgery and the learning curve is steep. I have medical studies supporting that statement and I also go by what the really experienced surgeons tell me - it takes experineced to become consistent at hip resurfacing. I would really prefer to only list surgeons that have done at least 200 or more surgeries, but have not changed my benchmark yet.
I hope that helps you understand my thinking behind my personal list of Hip Resurfacing Doctors.
Patricia Walter - Owner/Webmaster of the Surface Hippy Website
3/15/06 LBHR De Smet