Hi everyone, I'm wondering if you can give me some advice.
My wife is scheduled for a right THR December 21. I had bilateral THR June 4 of this year and it has been amazing. She is scheduled with the same surgeon. She went to a pain management doctors appointment today and the doctor who saw her has recently had a hip resurfacing procedure and recommended she look at doing that.
I've been trying to find UNBIASED information on which procedure is better. All the information seems to be from surgeons who do one or the other. So the information is Pro that specific technique.
The hip resurfacing procedure is appealing to her as the femoral head is not cut off so appears not to be as invasive a procedure as the hip replacement surgery. But I thought I'd ask the community as this forum has been super helpful during by recovery phase.
Thanks for your input.
Dan
BTHR June 4, 2018
My wife is scheduled for a right THR December 21. I had bilateral THR June 4 of this year and it has been amazing. She is scheduled with the same surgeon. She went to a pain management doctors appointment today and the doctor who saw her has recently had a hip resurfacing procedure and recommended she look at doing that.
I've been trying to find UNBIASED information on which procedure is better. All the information seems to be from surgeons who do one or the other. So the information is Pro that specific technique.
The hip resurfacing procedure is appealing to her as the femoral head is not cut off so appears not to be as invasive a procedure as the hip replacement surgery. But I thought I'd ask the community as this forum has been super helpful during by recovery phase.
Thanks for your input.
Dan
BTHR June 4, 2018