Re: Resurfacing Done!

[Guest guest]

awesome!

Resurfacing Done!

Well, I just got a metallic hemiarthroplasty resurfacing prosthesis

for the hallux metatarsophalangeal joint.

Say what?

I had a hemi-resurfacing of my big toe. They use a cobalt chrome

implant to replace one of the articulating surfaces of the joint.

Due to OA, I had lost most of the cartilage in that joint and a ridge

had formed from the bone-on-bone articulation to the point that I had

little movement left in my toe joint.

Because of my research on hip resurfacing, I found a similar

procedure for the toe. Statistics for this procedure revealed good

or excellent clinical results in 95% of the cases up to 33 years.

I had an excellent surgeon (who also does a lot of knee replacements)

and I'm looking forward to an excellent recovery. Now I can

concentrate on my hip.

Rainer

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[Guest guest]

Pamela,

I'm looking forward to an excellent recovery. After 2 days, I can

already walk without crutches and I'm off the pain killers.

Rainer

> > Well, I just got a metallic hemiarthroplasty resurfacing

prosthesis

> > for the hallux metatarsophalangeal joint.

> >

> > Say what?

> >

> > I had a hemi-resurfacing of my big toe. They use a cobalt chrome

> > implant to replace one of the articulating surfaces of the

joint.

> > Due to OA, I had lost most of the cartilage in that joint and a

ridge

> > had formed from the bone-on-bone articulation to the point that I

had

> > little movement left in my toe joint.

> >

> > Because of my research on hip resurfacing, I found a similar

> > procedure for the toe. Statistics for this procedure revealed

good

> > or excellent clinical results in 95% of the cases up to 33 years.

> >

> > I had an excellent surgeon (who also does a lot of knee

replacements)

> > and I'm looking forward to an excellent recovery. Now I can

> > concentrate on my hip.

> >

> > Rainer