Return to FAQ LIST Updated 1/2/2012 Mr. McMinn What metal ion levels are considered high and to be of concern for a patient to seek out treatment? People report being told by their surgeons that they have "elevated levels of cobalt" ranging from single digit numbers (one person reported 9.2 for example) up to… Continue reading →
FOR WOMEN THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE, BECAUSE THEY CAN GET CONSERVE PLUS WHICH HAS NOT THESE RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE THERE IS A LARGER MARGIN AND COVERAGE!!!! SO YOU CAN PUBLISH THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE ALSO WITH MY REMARKS!!! THAT IS WHAT I WROTE IN MY BOOKLET ALREADY 6 YEARS AGO (you can find on… Continue reading →
By Kani 12/20/06 My costs for my bilateral resurfacing with Dr. De Smet on Dec 20, 2006: I spent 11 nights in the Villa which is more than a single hip resurfacing and was 4 days in the hospital which is also longer than the single hip resurfacing. My costs were: Surgery in Belgium Costs… Continue reading →
Paul 5 weeks after Surgery This is exactly 5 weeks after having a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing installed in my hip. At this point I was just beginning to walk without any crutches or cane – you can see the atrophy in my right leg (and my left leg). Without the ability to walk the… Continue reading →
Updated 11/22/09 Evelyne has given me permission to post her Water Exercises on the Website. Her only caution to patients is: Just let the patients know that it is easy to overdo things in the pool and that you have to build things up slowly. Evelyne’s Water Exercises: 1.Walking forward, short even steps. Rolling off… Continue reading →