BHR Dr. Palmer November 2010 I’m at 3 weeks to the day and my current situation is not much different than it was 1 week post op. I was in the Hospital a total of 24 hours. I was off pain killers after 5 days and off ibuprofen after one week (Therefore I began driving…
Continue reading →BHR Dr. Su February 4, 2010 January 15, 2010 I "retired" from running in 2008 and then "retired" from cycling in 2009. I’m having surgery 2/4/10 by Dr. Su at the Hosp for Special Surgery in NY. I’m 56 as well and was very active and fit until 2008 (ran 40-50m/week). I chose a very…
Continue reading →RBHR Dr. Masonis May 17, 2010 I start this story of my hip resurfacing from the hospital room the day after my surgery. The road to this point was longer and more difficult than I had initially envisioned, and I felt that others might benefit from some of my experiences, as I have benefited from…
Continue reading →2010 ALVAL, PSEUDOTUMOUR, HYPERSENSITIVITY … WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, IT’S A REVISION TO THR Having visited this site numerous times over the last few years, I thought it was time that I shared my experience with other past and future hip patients. I have recently undergone revision of my ASR to a THR because of…
Continue reading →I used Dr. Rector in Boulder. I feel the BHR surgery which occurred on April 22, 2010 gave me a 2nd chance at an athletic life. It used to take me 30 or more seconds to stand up out of a chair. Since my surgery I have been using the stationary bike for about 1/2…
Continue reading →BHR Dr. Kerr 2010 I’m 47 years old and had BHR on October 12, 2010 – Dr. Darren Kerr in Saint John, NB, Canada. I returned to work today (October 25, 2010) – but I’m a lawyer so I am used to sitting on my butt all day anyway! I’ve been very fortunate with pain…
Continue reading →LBHR Dr. Abraham Nov. 17, 2010 I am now 44, but had my left hip resurfaced on 11/17/10. I was 43 at the time. My doctor was J. David Abraham with Northeast Orthopedics. The operation was done at St. Peters Hospital in Albany, NY. I was home the next day, in fact I spent less…
Continue reading →Andrew BHR Dr. Snyder May 5, 2010 Dr. Daniel Snyder seemed genuinely sorry for what happened in the course of my hip resurfacing surgery May 5, 2010, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Mass. That makes two of us. I sought surgery to fix an arthritic right hip which made me limp and seemed to aggravate an…
Continue reading →RBHR Dr. Su 7/8/2010 I would like to commend Dr. Su for giving me my life back. I’ve lived with an arthritic right hip for about 5 years until a friend of mine told me about the wonderful world of hip resurfacing and Dr. Su in particular. I was skeptical about the whole thing, but…
Continue reading →RBHR Dr. Swank Feb. 23, 2010 I was fortunate to be able to retire in 2005 at age 58, and the ensuing years had been wonderful. I have always been very active, bicycling, kayaking, long distance motorcycling, dirt bike riding, and hiking. Last year I rode my motorcycle from South Carolina to Alaska – and…
Continue reading →BHR Dr. McInnis 10/4/2010 I am 48 weekend warrior guy who went from constantly moving to slowly dwindling activity to the point of pretty much forcing myself up to our home gym 4 – 5 days/week. Ultimately I found it was OA in my L hip that was holding me back. I tried steroid injections…
Continue reading →LBHR Dr. Schmitt November 16, 2010 November 20, 2010 I had my left BHR surgery with Dr. Schmitt on 16-Nov-10 and it went well. I started walking with a walker on the second day and went home on 18-Nov. No too much pain. Incision is healing well. Today’s is day 5 and swelling is pretty…
Continue reading →Flame’s Revision BHR to THR 2010 Updated 4/16/2010 Early on (after resurf Dec’05) I experienced a lot of clicks pops etc and so had others, so whenever I mentioned it to Dr.. Ure and got x-rays which were just simple straight on AP x-rays he said it all looked fine no problems, but it didn’t…
Continue reading →RBHR Dr. Snyder May 2010 May 9, 2010Just home after two days in the hospital: R HR. I feel surprisingly well. As many have said before me, all my pre-surgery symptoms are gone! They have been replaced by soreness [no surprise]. Everything feels connected as before. Not yet up for writing anything significant but I…
Continue reading →RBHR Dr. Schlamzried November 2010 Pat, Thanks for your website it really helped me navigate the process. I’m 50, athletic, arthritic (ankylosing spondylitis), bone on bone in both hips. I had a right Birmingham hip mid-Nov with Dr. Schmalzried. I would say so far a very successful story. He had me get on a stationary…
Continue reading →Updated 10/1 2014 Complete Study Here: Objectives To compare 10 year mortality rates among patients undergoing metal-on-metal hip resurfacing and total hip replacement in England. Setting English hospital episode statistics database linked to mortality records from the Office for National Statistics. Population All adults who underwent primary elective hip replacement for osteoarthritis from April…
Continue reading →Left BMHR December 2006 with Dr. McMinn BHMR is a Birmingham Mid Head Resection Prostheses I had a BMHR 4 weeks ago. The operation was broadcast live to the States as interactive training for 100 surgeons, so hopefully it is intended to be available elsewhere too, though when we don’t know, as it’s still in…
Continue reading →July 24, 2013 View Hip Resurfacing vs Metal on Metal THR Presentation My take on this is that it is not an unexpected response to the generally higher than desired failure rate of MOM total hips. None of the doctors I know will primarily recommend a MOM THR anymore. A few short years ago these…
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