Guest guest Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 > Am puzzled about your " horizontal incision " , though. First time I've > heard about that. Well, it's not truly horizontal. I'd say it goes upwards from the side of my buttock to the back at about a 30 degree angle. It seems almost horizontal when I'm in a sitting position, though. >BTW I found another website with info about > anterior approach, including a slide set showing the special " torture > table " used. After viewing those gory slides, and seeing the table, I'm kind of glad I wasn't awake for any of that... I don't know what sort of table I was on, as I was still on my bed in the theatre when they put me under, and I slept through the whole recovery room time, waking up about six hours after the scheduled surgery time, back in my bed in my room. My surgery was in the late afternoon, and I hadn't slept much the night before, because it was so noisy on that floor. Every time someone rang for the nurse, it made a loud noise all over the place. After seeing the slides, I now have a better idea of why there were so many people in the operating theatre. And why there are so many expensive instruments involved in minimally invasive hip surgery. Thanks for that link. n rBHR Oct.17/03 McMinn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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