Updated 7/19/2015 June 4, 2015 Smith & Nephew … is therefore removing (BHR) small sizes and updating the IFU to contraindicate the BHR for women. "However, the revision rates associated with men requiring femoral head sizes 46mm or smaller and with all women patients exceed the current benchmark established by the UK National Institute for…
Continue reading →Metal ion release following hip replacement not strongly related to patient activity medical study Updated 3/9/2010 Metal ion release following hip replacement not strongly related to patient activity Read Complete Article by Clicking Here The amount of patient activity following metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty seems to show little correlation to metal ion release, according…
Continue reading →Updated 2/5/09 This is a transcript of a Live Chat in the Surface Hippy Chat Room with Dr. Schmalzried on February 4, 2009 [Pat]Welcome to the Surface Hippy Chat Room Dr. Schmalzried. Thank You for taking time to chat with us. [Dr. Schmalzried] 8:57 pm: You are most welcome. I enjoy the interaction. [Pat] 8:58…
Continue reading →Jan 12 and May 4, 2010 Dr. Smit Updated 5/21/2010 I am currently in the hospital one day after having a BHR on my left hip. Three months ago I had the same procedure on my right hip. Hopefully I am now on my way to recovering some of the life I have lost. Less…
Continue reading →LBHR 6/11/2010 RBHR 8/13/2010 Dr. Schmitt June 6, 2010I’m about to do my LBHR with Dr. Philip Schmitt in metro Detroit. He’s done about 700 BHRs so far, and according to his office he’s got a great success rate – only 6 failures/revisions. I apparently was born with femoracetabular impingement & have arthritis (10y+ at…
Continue reading →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…
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