Dear All,
I just wanted to introduce myself as I’ve been recently diagnosed with AVN.
In 2017 when I was 47 I suffered an intracapsular fracture of the Neck of my Left Femur after a freak accident and falling onto concrete.
The fracture took a while to diagnose at Hospital as it was not displaced, in the end a CT Scan confirmed I had a fracture. After speaking with the consultant I had 3 Cannulated Screws inserted to secure everything while I healed. I was on crutches for 12 weeks and could not weight bear for the first 6 weeks.
I have always played a lot of sport including football (soccer) etc up until my mid 30s. I was fit and healthy before the accident and I went to the gym at least 3-4 times a week as well as play golf, mountain bike etc. In November 2018 I had the screws removed as they were causing me pain, I could feel them when I rolled over in bed and when I weight trained. Within a month or so I was pain free !!
In April 2019 I had hip pain again at the front of my hip and in my groin, I put it down to a Hip-Flexor strain or tendonitis so I rested a bit but decided to push on, eventually I thought I might have a Labral tear. I went back to my Consultant for an MRI who confirmed I had AVN with some collapse of the femoral head. This hit me hard as I did not expect that diagnosis as it was over two years after my accident with NO previous signs of AVN .
I am now 49 and probably like us all I don’t want the procedure but I’m only putting off the inevitable. So I plan on having it done in the next couple of months. I have been doing a lot of research on the best surgeon in my area, procedure and components to enable it to last a considerable time and allow me to get back to sports and the gym.
My Current thinking is to have it done using the minimally invasive posterior approach, with a COP or COC prosthesis that is not cemented.
I'm particularly interested in Cemented vs Non Cemented views, and what if anything does get cut in the MIS Posterior Approach ?
Thank you for reading my story so far and if you have any advice or words of wisdom they would be gratefully received.
David
I just wanted to introduce myself as I’ve been recently diagnosed with AVN.
In 2017 when I was 47 I suffered an intracapsular fracture of the Neck of my Left Femur after a freak accident and falling onto concrete.
The fracture took a while to diagnose at Hospital as it was not displaced, in the end a CT Scan confirmed I had a fracture. After speaking with the consultant I had 3 Cannulated Screws inserted to secure everything while I healed. I was on crutches for 12 weeks and could not weight bear for the first 6 weeks.
I have always played a lot of sport including football (soccer) etc up until my mid 30s. I was fit and healthy before the accident and I went to the gym at least 3-4 times a week as well as play golf, mountain bike etc. In November 2018 I had the screws removed as they were causing me pain, I could feel them when I rolled over in bed and when I weight trained. Within a month or so I was pain free !!
In April 2019 I had hip pain again at the front of my hip and in my groin, I put it down to a Hip-Flexor strain or tendonitis so I rested a bit but decided to push on, eventually I thought I might have a Labral tear. I went back to my Consultant for an MRI who confirmed I had AVN with some collapse of the femoral head. This hit me hard as I did not expect that diagnosis as it was over two years after my accident with NO previous signs of AVN .
I am now 49 and probably like us all I don’t want the procedure but I’m only putting off the inevitable. So I plan on having it done in the next couple of months. I have been doing a lot of research on the best surgeon in my area, procedure and components to enable it to last a considerable time and allow me to get back to sports and the gym.
My Current thinking is to have it done using the minimally invasive posterior approach, with a COP or COC prosthesis that is not cemented.
I'm particularly interested in Cemented vs Non Cemented views, and what if anything does get cut in the MIS Posterior Approach ?
Thank you for reading my story so far and if you have any advice or words of wisdom they would be gratefully received.
David