I’m 48 years old and just had my hip resurfaced using the anterior approach
on 11/3/08 by Dr. Stefan Kreuzer. I spent some time on the surfacehippy
website to educate myself prior to my surgery which helped a lot. I do
however feel very little is mentioned about the anterior approach which I
believe is just as important technology as is the resurfacing.

My hospital stay was less than 24 hours and I was walking the day of the
surgery. I went home on crutches which I used for about four days and then
used a cane. My time with a cane was only for about a week. Two weeks after
my resurfacing, I was walking completely unassisted and even resumed normal
activities like shopping, etc. It’s now been exactly one month to the day
and I’m completely back to normal, except for a little skin numbness around
where the incision is. In fact, today I’m out raking leaves.

I don’t think a rapid recovery like this would be possible without the
anterior approach. I asked Dr. Kreuzer why this approach isn’t more popular
and he said it will be in time, but more physicians and patients have to be
educated on this procedure.

Take care,

John Drake
Magnolia, Texas