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 They have been replaced by soreness [no surprise].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 12/21/08 Click to read articles by: Patricia Walter Dr. Bose Dr. Schmalzried Dr. De Smet Dr. Rogerson Dr. Gross Hemi Resurfacing by Patricia WalterThere has been a lot of discussion recently in public forums about hemi resurfacing. Hemi resurfacings are not normally used by the most experienced hip resurfacing surgeons. I have been privileged…
Continue reading →Right Conserve Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet November 2006 Safe and Sound in Belgium November 12, 2006 November 14, 2006 November 16, 2006 November 18, 2006 November 21, 2006 November 27, 2006 November 29, 2006 Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 6:50 PM Subject: Safe and Sound in Belgium Hi all…. Shirl and I arrived…
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…
Continue reading →Dr. Su made this presentation at the 11th Annual Hippy Gathering in San Jose, CA on March 9, 2013 The presentation and meeting was dedicated to Vicky Marlow, Hip Resurfacing Patient Advocate, who started the group and organized the Gatherings. Vicky passed away in February 18, 2013.
Continue reading →Return to FAQ LIST Dr. Vail Surgeon Thomas Vail likes the results he’s seeing with his resurfacing patients. Two years after the surgery, he finds resurfacing patients do have slightly more range of motion in their movements than his older patients who’ve undergone total hip replacement.
Continue reading →Combining the bone conserving benefits of hip resurfacing with the stability of traditional total hip replacement, MiniHip provides a neck retaining, more physiologically loading hip solution for today’s challenging, active patient.The bone conserving solution for active patients.Today’s patients have redefined primary hip replacement through elevated expectations and clinical requirements. MiniHip, a bone conserving hip replacement,…
Continue reading →Updated 3/24/09 Link http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/surfacehippy/message/24763 …I had mine done by Mr McMinn at the ROH in Birmingham when the procedure was a twinkle in most peoples eyes. I had CDH which was only diagnosed at 4yrs so I had many ops to try to ‘build’ a hip socket but it finally gave up the ghost and…
Continue reading →Link http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/content/short/90-B/9/1137 A SERIES OF 110 CONSECUTIVE HIPS WITH A MINIMUM FIVE-YEAR CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL FOLLOW-UP G. N. A. Heilpern, MRCS, Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar1; N. N. Shah, FRCS, Senior Clinical Fellow2; and M. J. F. Fordyce, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon3 1 King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. 2 Great Ormond Street Hospital,…
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