26 year-old female BHR candidate

[Guest guest]

Hi,

i've had OA of the right hip for the last 14 years (otherwise

healthy). the pain has become increasingly unbearable and i'm gearing

up to fight [Aetna] to have this procedure done by the end of summer.

i've been reading some of your postings and everything is so

encouraging and imformative. i have a pretty clear idea of what to

expect pre- and post-op (very reassuring for a control freak like

myself). does anyone still have limping post-op? what are the physical

limitations after 3 mos.? 12 mos? is the difference in leg length

corrected with BHR? also, i'd really appreciate any links to actual

surgery pictures/videos.

thanks a bunches for creating and supporting this group

take care,

Ola

[Guest guest]

What caused your OA at such a young age Ola??? I thought I was young at 37. We

have no idea what caused my advanced OA at such an age. I did have a traumatic

knee injury and had a total knee replacement in 99 at age 35 so the years of

altered weight bearing probably played a role.

GOOD LUCK and keep us posted. I am jsut starting to check into this procedure.

Kim

26 year-old female BHR candidate

Hi,

i've had OA of the right hip for the last 14 years (otherwise

healthy). the pain has become increasingly unbearable and i'm gearing

up to fight [Aetna] to have this procedure done by the end of summer.

i've been reading some of your postings and everything is so

encouraging and imformative. i have a pretty clear idea of what to

expect pre- and post-op (very reassuring for a control freak like

myself). does anyone still have limping post-op? what are the physical

limitations after 3 mos.? 12 mos? is the difference in leg length

corrected with BHR? also, i'd really appreciate any links to actual

surgery pictures/videos.

thanks a bunches for creating and supporting this group

take care,

Ola

[Guest guest]

Contact Batts...get him on activejoints.com. He can probably get you a

CD of the op. It's pretty interesting. I watched it 3 times before I had

mine done. My wife thinks I'm a bit ghoulish. Oh well.

26 year-old female BHR candidate

Hi,

i've had OA of the right hip for the last 14 years (otherwise

healthy). the pain has become increasingly unbearable and i'm gearing

up to fight [Aetna] to have this procedure done by the end of summer.

i've been reading some of your postings and everything is so

encouraging and imformative. i have a pretty clear idea of what to

expect pre- and post-op (very reassuring for a control freak like

myself). does anyone still have limping post-op? what are the physical

limitations after 3 mos.? 12 mos? is the difference in leg length

corrected with BHR? also, i'd really appreciate any links to actual

surgery pictures/videos.

thanks a bunches for creating and supporting this group

take care,

Ola

[Guest guest]

oi75 wrote:

>

>does anyone still have limping post-op?

This is the one question you asked that I can answer: Yes, after

resurfacing, I still limped. The underlying cause for my hip problem was

congenital hip dysplasia, so I was probably worse off than most -- I had

to use a cane for a couple years preop (had surgery at the age of 50). I

was on crutches for 6-7 weeks after surgery; then I had to use a cane

until I didn't limp anymore. I went through a few weeks of physical

therapy, which helped some, and then, at my own insistence, I went

through a few weeks of deep-tissue massage, and _that_ is what made the

difference for me. After about 4 sessions of that, I was able to stop

limping and walk normally. The timetable was quite long: I had my

surgery on Jan. 27, 2000, and I ended the massage therapy sometime

around late May-early June, so there was a period of about 4+ months

when I was limping/gimping around postop.

Best wishes,

--Louise

[Guest guest]

Ola---First off " for a control freak like " yourself, don't talk with

your insurance company first, talk to a surgeon. I think you'll read

in these pages that those don't let the surgeon's insurance

coordinator do the talking (they know how)are the ones who have had

most of the troubles, although sometimes even when they do let

someone else handle it there are problems. I think most here will

agree to leave it in their hands.

I found a website that has downloadable videos, viewable on computer.

The site has both a hi-res and low-res version of a BHR procedure it

will show an abbreviated version. You can find it at this URL

http://freeserve.medicdirect.co.uk/videos/default.ihtml?pid=873 & step=4

Like Buzz said, Batts has videos available, so does

Medical on their website but it is a hemi-resurfacing with the

Conserve device. Its as graphic as you'd want.

It is the same procedure as the Conserve Plus except they leave the

cartilage in the acetabulum instead of replacing it with a bone

ingrowth cup.

Another part that may vary is that the video is Dr Amstutz at

JRI using the Posterio Lateral approach which may be a little more

invasive on muscle tissue than the Anterio Lateral approach. (see

other discussions above)Some like Dr Mont do the Ant Lat, many others

here do Post lat. There has been some head knocking in the past on

that.

You're here so you are on the right track. Keep up the good work.

Captain Amaze_O

-- In surfacehippy@y..., " oi75 " <oi75@y...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> i've had OA of the right hip for the last 14 years (otherwise

> healthy). the pain has become increasingly unbearable and i'm

gearing

> up to fight [Aetna] to have this procedure done by the end of

summer.

> i've been reading some of your postings and everything is so

> encouraging and imformative. i have a pretty clear idea of what to

> expect pre- and post-op (very reassuring for a control freak like

> myself). does anyone still have limping post-op? what are the

physical

> limitations after 3 mos.? 12 mos? is the difference in leg length

> corrected with BHR? also, i'd really appreciate any links to actual

> surgery pictures/videos.

>

> thanks a bunches for creating and supporting this group

>

> take care,

> Ola