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.
The old saying "Wait until you can't stand the pain any longer" holds true ONLY if you are going to have a THR. It is not the case with hip resurfacing. With hip resurfacing there is a window of opportunity and ONLY a qualified and experienced hip resurfacing surgeon can tell you for sure whether or not you can afford to wait.
Here is a patient (with his permission) that posted on the surface hippy message board inquiring about hip resurfacing, then waited and posted again, and continued to wait and wait, until unfortunately his hip deteriorated to the point that he no longer qualifies for hip resurfacing. I am sure Richard will be very happy with his THR's if that is what he ends up getting, we will post updates to his story as it unfolds. But for those of you thinking that you should wait, you should read this. Thank you Richard for sharing your story.
Warning - Photos below are very graphic and of real surgery!
This case is a healthy 43 year old female patient with Advanced AVN, in this case a resurfacing was not possible, a large Metal on Metal Total Hip Replacement was the ideal solution for her to return to an active life and be pain free.
Vicky
WARNING: Photos are extremely graphic of real LIVE surgery
