I have a metal allergy, can I have a hip resurfacing?
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I wanted to share my story about how Dr. Rector of Boulder, Colorado, and the BHR gave me my life back. About 4 years ago I began to have extreme pain in my right groin area for about a month, then it switched to my left groin. For the following year I suffered in so much pain that I could only get about 3 hours sleep each night. Each time I rolled over while sleeping |
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing through Anterior Incision
Three days in hospital, two weeks with walker, eight days with cane and back on my two feet I was a somewhat serious runner in the nineties (five marathons) but had tapered to three miles three times a week while playing tennis (doubles) three times a week. I started to notice an onset of pain while running and playing tennis and eventually decided to see a doctor. I live |
Story Obtained by Vicky Marlow |
This details her progress after the right BHR (second hip surgery) done in April 2007. From : Ms Joan Gunnes: Ok, I thought you’d enjoy this……I started teaching my yoga class 13 days post op! Yes, I stood with my cane for most of it, but I could do side bends, some forward and backward bending and I did in fact teach the class! And I’ve been at it ever |
My story is that my right hip was deteriorating over about 8 years. Because I am a sports person (playing squash for 42 years and wanting to continue), I regularly sought assistance from chiropractors, hysiotherapists and other such people with very limited affect. It was only this year (2007 when I was 59) that my latest chiropractor suggested that I seek out the latest technology advances because, with his limited knowledge, he was just trying |
I had my hips resurfaced (Birmingham) a month apart in 2007 when I was 62 due to restrictive hip movement. I had been running competitive 100 m to 800 metre distances but found I could no longer run the curves. Two years after surgery I was back sprinting – running the 400 m and 800 m (and 200 m but only if I am in the outside lane). I was (and still am) the Queensland |
I’m 47 years old. I underwent the BHR procedure on December 31st, the 4th of 8 done that day by Dr. Snyder at Newton/Wellesley Hospital. I recovered and finally got to my room by 5:00. I couldn’t sleep too well overnight but did not experience much pain. I was discharged at 3:00 yesterday, just 27 1/2 hours after my procedure began. My wife is a nurse practitioner so I have terrific support. The other guy |
Patrick at top of Mt. Princeton Colorado I am an active 45 year old male. Including weight lifting, hiking, and walking. My right hip began to lock-up and cartilage was breaking off the joint socket wall for 2 years prior to my hip resurfacing operation. I had two arthroscopic operations to remove the broken cartilage. A short time after my second operation my hip capsule collapsed. I was then walking femor head on socket. It |
Now for my little surgery story: I had severe OA in my left hip, but held on to |
I thought that I would provide a quick update on my recent experience with my second resurfacing in California last week. I share some data points in the event that it may assist at least one person to make the right decision and get on with a productive life free from pain and disability. – Background – 44 olds, right hip C+ Amstutz 2004, severe OA from years as world level athlete. – Returned to |
READ COMPLETE ARTICLE Florian-D. Naal, MD*, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, PhD, Urs Munzinger, MD and Otmar Hersche, MD From the Joint Center, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland Published on May 1, 2007 Background: No information is available concerning patients’ sports activity after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. Hypothesis: Patients treated by hip resurfacing arthroplasty will be able to achieve a high level of sports activity. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: We surveyed 112 patients by |
In the summer from 2005 I went to Belgium for resurfacing from my right hip by Koen de Smet. I was born with hip dysplasia and had a pelvic osteotomy 30 years ago. The last few years I had a lot of pain and couldn’t walk more than 50 meters without a crutch. I couldn’t sleep without painkillers and I feel like an 80 year old woman while I was 46 years on that moment. |
Outcome of hip resurfacing may be dependent on experience Link By Gina Brockenbrough February 27, 2009 LAS VEGAS — A new study links outcomes of hip resurfacing to the hospital volume of resurfacing cases and, thereby, the surgeon’s experience. To evaluate the impact of operative volume on hip resurfacing outcomes, Andrew J. Shimmin, MBBS, FAOrthA, and colleagues used the Australian Joint Registry to identify nearly 9,000 hip resurfacings performed at 196 hospitals between September 1999 |
Link **A. J. Hart, FRCSG(Orth), Clinical Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; S. Sabah, BSc, Medical Student1; J. Henckel, MRCS, Clinical Research Fellow & Specialist Registrar in Orthopaedics1; A. Lewis, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; J. Cobb, FRCS, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery1; B. Sampson, MRSC, CChem, Director of Supraregional Trace Element Laboratory1; A. Mitchell, FRCR, Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist1; and J. |
Date Issued: Jan. 17, 2013 Audience:
Medical Specialties: Orthopaedics, General Medicine, Family Practice, Radiology, Radiologic Technology, Clinical Laboratory Managers and Directors Device: Metal-on-metal hip implants consist of a ball, stem and shell, all made from cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloys. There are two types of metal-on-metal hip implants1:
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Memo sent from Dr. Dorr to the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons that deals with what he feels is the cause for the hip implant failures: MEMO DATE: 4/22/08 TO: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons FROM: Larry Dorr, M.D. RE: This NOTICE is to inform you that we have had ten revisions in 165 hips and have four more that need to be revised using the Durom cup (Zimmer, Inc) This |
My name is Rob, I’m 46 from Ontario and am 6 days post-op Zimmer Durom resurfacing. It all started less than 2 years ago with increasing pain and discomfort in my upper right leg and groin. After a month or so of the pain not going away I called my family physician for an appointment. During the exam my doctor told me of stiffening of the joints, particularly the right groin, he ordered an x-ray |
My physician for hip resurfacing was Dr. xxxxx. My email today is about my experience almost 4 years after my surgery. Before surgery I was a distance runner. I fell on my left hip in 2004, it wasn’t treated, I continued running, I got arthritis, I needed surgery. I had my surgery in 2008. I had nothing but problems after my surgery. Something stuck in my mind that Dr xxxxx told me after surgery. Dr |