Betsy-- Minimal invasive THR

June 5, 2010

Betsy, I cannot thank you enough for including the OR LIVE video.

The operation I watched on YouTube was atrocious. You will never

know how much this has put my mind at ease. I believe that my

surgeon has a video that he has made of one of his own surgery's

but he does not offer for you to watch it until you have definitely

set up a surgery date. I have not done that yet. Will comment

on it when I do. Thank you for sharing your experience.

BARB in FL

Re: Minimal invasive THR

>>

> The term " minimally invasive " is meaningless essentially because

> different doctors use it to describe different procedures. You would

> have to ask an OS specifically what his technique is and why that is

> " minimally invasive " and compared to what?

>

> I had hip replacement done through the anterior approach -- It's done

> on a special table and the incision is through the middle of the front

> of the thigh and no muscles are cut. THerefore I had no restrictions

> immediately after surgery and none now (3 years later). Recovery seems

> to have been significantly easier than many people with more

> " traditional " surgery.

>

> However, my scar is not particularly short -- nor do I much care since

> my bathing beauty days are long past.

>

>> > Has anyone had minimal invasive THR? Or has anyone heard pros and

>> cons of

>> > this type of surgery. My understanding is that they don't cut

>> through

>> > muscles like they do with the more common THR.

>> >

>>

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>>

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