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Cases where Hip Resurfacing just aren't possible. PDF Print E-mail
Below are cases of patients that went in for a possibility of resurfacing realizing that their condition might have progressed to the point of being beyond resurfacing.  IMO, all patients faced with the fact that they will not know what they will wake up with, should ask their surgeons to do what Dr. Bose does, take pictures of the actual surgery so you can see for yourself that the bone was not in resurfacing form.  Below are two such cases with extremely graphic surgery photos that show the condition of the bone during surgery.
 
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