Back From JRI and Three Weeks Post-Op

March 3, 2004

I received a Cormet 2K resurfacing from Dr Schmalzried at JRI on

February 9, 2004. At three weeks post-op, I am absolutely astounded

at my progress and so is my physical therapist. I am doing things

that I could not do at six weeks post-op with the THR on my other hip

and my range of motion is nearly as good now as it is on the 20 month

post-op THR. Best of all, NO PAIN...with either hip.

In May 2002, I received a m-o-m THR from Dr Mont in Baltimore.

This was supposed to be a Conserve+ resurfacing, but WMT did not make

the device in a size large enough to fit my femoral neck and Dr Mont

had to convert it to a THR. I was very disappointed initially, but

after 20 months, I can say that the THR has been everything Dr Mont

said it would be and I can do everything I wanted to do, including

skiing.

I guess this makes me somewhat unique though, having both a THR and

a resurfaced hip. It does give me a good basis for comparison,

both now and far into the future--I am hoping 30 plus years into the

future! I am also sure I have the only pair of " Mont/Schmalzried

Hips " in the country!

I posted an photo album documenting my experience on the

HipUniverse website. If you are interested, the album is

titled " Denny's Resurfaced Hip " . For those of you looking at

surgical options, the x-ray taken immediately after surgery

dramatically shows the difference between a THR and a resurfaced

hip. I am not an orthopaedic surgeon, but just looking at the two

hips, its almost a " no-brainer " which hip is less disruptive to the

normal structure of the human hip...

Anyway, if you are interested in looking at the photos, go to:

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