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There have been quite a few conversations recently about the benefits of refurfacing, some have been accompanied with videos that showcase some "exceptional" recovery stories. As a result of my interest in the subject (I am a resurfacing recepient) I renewed some of my initial research and came across this video of a lecture by Dr. Mont here in Baltimore.
The good doctor received part of his training at John Hopkins, is one of the sponsors of the upcoming Resurfacing Symposium this summer, and I personally know two of his patients who I have met post-surgery, one with a THR and the other with a resurfacing - they both work out at my local gym. He was not my doctor, but they know each other and collaborate occassionally.
I believe this presentation offers some excellent general information on the whole resurfacing debate and is tempered by good common sense. some of the points I found most informative include:
[paraphrased]
"I don't recommend my patients to do extreme sports, I don't ski myself because out of concerns of damaging a good hip or knee."
"If someone is an athlete or has a special skill like dancing before the surgery, its not surprising at all to see them return to the activity afterwards. But this is probably just as true for recipients of a THR as for resurfacing."
"I like to keep my options open. If I get a resurfacing done I can always revise to a THR later if it becomes necessary. But you can't revise a THR to a resurfacing becasue you've already lost the bone."
"There are advantages to getting a resurfacing, but some of the claims have been overblown. I do more THR than resurfacing, I've had one dislocation in the last three years from a THR and none from resurfacing. There is not that much difference really (he does 800+ surgeries a year)"
"I don't know where these people come up with this magic number of surgeries performed? What if someone has done 5,000 bad surgieries? To get decent at this you need good training and do 4 a week or so.There shouldn't be this arrogance of numbers becasue everybody has to start somewhere."
And the ONLY comment that scared me, he said he had one resurfacing fracture on a guy who "LIVES IN A JEEP".
Anyway, if you have an hour or so to kill, its not a bad lecture:
---> broken link removed: https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3875961289430396966 <---
The good doctor received part of his training at John Hopkins, is one of the sponsors of the upcoming Resurfacing Symposium this summer, and I personally know two of his patients who I have met post-surgery, one with a THR and the other with a resurfacing - they both work out at my local gym. He was not my doctor, but they know each other and collaborate occassionally.
I believe this presentation offers some excellent general information on the whole resurfacing debate and is tempered by good common sense. some of the points I found most informative include:
[paraphrased]
"I don't recommend my patients to do extreme sports, I don't ski myself because out of concerns of damaging a good hip or knee."
"If someone is an athlete or has a special skill like dancing before the surgery, its not surprising at all to see them return to the activity afterwards. But this is probably just as true for recipients of a THR as for resurfacing."
"I like to keep my options open. If I get a resurfacing done I can always revise to a THR later if it becomes necessary. But you can't revise a THR to a resurfacing becasue you've already lost the bone."
"There are advantages to getting a resurfacing, but some of the claims have been overblown. I do more THR than resurfacing, I've had one dislocation in the last three years from a THR and none from resurfacing. There is not that much difference really (he does 800+ surgeries a year)"
"I don't know where these people come up with this magic number of surgeries performed? What if someone has done 5,000 bad surgieries? To get decent at this you need good training and do 4 a week or so.There shouldn't be this arrogance of numbers becasue everybody has to start somewhere."
And the ONLY comment that scared me, he said he had one resurfacing fracture on a guy who "LIVES IN A JEEP".
Anyway, if you have an hour or so to kill, its not a bad lecture:
---> broken link removed: https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3875961289430396966 <---
