Hip Resurfecing - Knee & Hip Problems Message Board

Flash53 · 12-12-2005, 03:53 PM

Has anyone had this surgery?

Irishgal · 01-22-2006, 03:50 PM

i got a hip resurface on the 1st march 05/ the reason i got this instead of a full hip replacement is cos i was 25 getting the op done and they said i would get a longer wear out of the hip resurface instead of getting the full replacement. will need a full replacement in about 20 years id say but fantastic results. dont know myself

legallyblondied · 01-23-2006, 12:28 AM

Irishgal.....I am so glad your hip resurfacing surgery was a great success and that you knew about this type of surgery. Could you please tell me who your surgeon was and did you have the procedure done in the U.S? It make a lot of sense for you to have had the resurface since you are so young and there will be less chance of a dislocation or hip revision surgery later on in your life.....also less physcial restrictions in general......let me know about your surgery.....Karen

Irishgal · 01-31-2006, 02:49 PM

i had the surgery done over here in ireland. i didnt know anything about a resurface until myself and the docs decided it was time for a replacement... i was putting it off for as long as i could. when the doc explained everything about it and how i would get about 20 years at least out of it, it just seemed like the right thing to do for. there was a 2% chance that my thigh bone could fracture within the first 12 months of surgery from the resurface, then i would need a normal hip replacement but tomorrow is the start of month 11 and so far so good.
couldnt have asked for a better surgery. went fantastic

ireland_ian · 02-01-2006, 04:33 AM

I had two Birmingham Hip replacements in Ireland in November 2005, this is hip resurfacing using metal on metal replacements.

Approaching 3 months on and recovery is going very well. I am doing the exercises, walking and have just started sit-ups and static cycling. I am also about to start physio to improve my gait after 17 years of walking wrongly.

I am 43 and I think this type of hip resurfacing is a great idea, giving 20 years + use of the hips and allowing you to et back to normal activity. Including doing things that I havnt been able to do for years!

I am still getting some pain in the left hip after walking, this was the worst hip and the second to be done (a week after the first) and I put on 9 pounds after leaving hospital which I am having trouble shifting!

But in these early stages I would say the ops were a great success.