Hi all,
So glad I found this forum. Thought this topic best fit here since it’s a hip issue, but not a replacement, It so hard to find a forum to discuss these topics.
A little about me: I had a major injury in 2011 and part of it involved installation of hardware and a IM rod and screws in my femur, one locking screw at my hip joint area. It was a retrograde procedure, so it’s main incision was at the knee.
I really hope y’all can help!
The injury led to chronic hip bursitis and upon fluoroscopy and MRI there is scar tissue in the ball/socket hip joint. I’ve had 6 hip cortisone injections, about one in every 6-8 months. They provide moderate relief, but i still want to be able to walk and run without chronic pain. I haven’t been able to actually run in 8 years unless it’s right after a injection. I can’t get an OS (orthopedic surgeon) to really want to do a hardware removal. I need more consults too. Generally, they say it might not be possible, or be too traumatic to be worth it as the source pain doesn’t seem to be hardware related -and pain ‘seems’ to be managed with these injections.
Knee bothers too, but less-so than hip. I had 3 screws in knee removed in late 2011 due to pain, and 2 screws broke, so the pieces may be causing residual pain? I’ve also had 3 injections in my knee, in last 2 yrs, which provides relief. In that case, a bursectomy (and a IB procedures maybe) may be the next step-at least for the hip.
What about a bursectomy?
Edit: Do I really need the bursa if it’s constantly inflamed? When the Bursa is really inflamed, I believe I’m feeling the IB ‘clicking’ over the bursa—oooh it’s painful. It seems to me that a endoscopic procedure maybe the next best sequential step if the ‘general interventions of cortisone shots aren’t providing a permanent solution? I just feel the right doc could be great to ream out the scar tissue and remove the bursa, and I hear about this expansion of the Illiotibial Band also? Any help is appreciated. I’m in the Palm Springs area.
So glad I found this forum. Thought this topic best fit here since it’s a hip issue, but not a replacement, It so hard to find a forum to discuss these topics.
A little about me: I had a major injury in 2011 and part of it involved installation of hardware and a IM rod and screws in my femur, one locking screw at my hip joint area. It was a retrograde procedure, so it’s main incision was at the knee.
I really hope y’all can help!
The injury led to chronic hip bursitis and upon fluoroscopy and MRI there is scar tissue in the ball/socket hip joint. I’ve had 6 hip cortisone injections, about one in every 6-8 months. They provide moderate relief, but i still want to be able to walk and run without chronic pain. I haven’t been able to actually run in 8 years unless it’s right after a injection. I can’t get an OS (orthopedic surgeon) to really want to do a hardware removal. I need more consults too. Generally, they say it might not be possible, or be too traumatic to be worth it as the source pain doesn’t seem to be hardware related -and pain ‘seems’ to be managed with these injections.
Knee bothers too, but less-so than hip. I had 3 screws in knee removed in late 2011 due to pain, and 2 screws broke, so the pieces may be causing residual pain? I’ve also had 3 injections in my knee, in last 2 yrs, which provides relief. In that case, a bursectomy (and a IB procedures maybe) may be the next step-at least for the hip.
What about a bursectomy?
Edit: Do I really need the bursa if it’s constantly inflamed? When the Bursa is really inflamed, I believe I’m feeling the IB ‘clicking’ over the bursa—oooh it’s painful. It seems to me that a endoscopic procedure maybe the next best sequential step if the ‘general interventions of cortisone shots aren’t providing a permanent solution? I just feel the right doc could be great to ream out the scar tissue and remove the bursa, and I hear about this expansion of the Illiotibial Band also? Any help is appreciated. I’m in the Palm Springs area.
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