Complications
Sheryl's Story
Vicky is absolutely right. I am actually one of the people that she is referring to - I not only had revision surgery (my hip dislocated immediately following surgery), I'm now facing another surgery to revise the revision (and that probably means THR).
Jared, 23 year old with AVN
I truly appreciate your taking the time to read this email. I got your name from Vicky, one of your patients. She is a big advocate of hip resurfacing who is well known for her contributions to surface hippy and other procedures. I have been in touch with her the last few weeks and she put me in contact with you. Both she and I agree that your opinion regarding my case will be the deciding factor for which surgery I choose.
Racquetball Bob
How do you keep track of everyone??? You are truly amazing!! My conversion from a BHR to a THR took place on 7/26/2008. The recovery from the THR went a lot smoother than the BHR primarily due to maintaining the acetabular cup. Needless to say, the conversion caused me some consternation as I could not determine what would have caused the femur fracture to begin with and did not know who should do the surgery.
Cliff - Infection
I am a 51 year old Canadian male who had a LBHR in Oct 2006 and a RBHR in Sept 08. I live in the province of Nova Scotia but because they do not offer resurfacing here I managed to get sponsored for both my BHR's in NewBrunswick, about 3 hours from where I live. I would like to post my current situation because it may be helpful for anyone that might encounter a post operative infection down the road. My RBHR surgery went very well and I was able to get out of bed within an hour of having surgery.
Gary Failed, Dr. Bala
On Sept. 2007, I traveled to Coimbatore, India to have bilateral hip resurfacing, the surgeon was Dr. Bala. After returning home I started having night sweats.