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Just surfing the web on Anterior Hip Replacements and found some new forums on stories from those who had them and omg, if one escapes with good results, they are So Fortunate, I still struggle enough with a pretty damaged, nerve dead right side of the body from Anterior in 2010.
Wonder what OP story is today....
And any other members deal with hip issues, thinking about replacement etc...or had one and wish they had not or glad they did.
I had a THR in my 40s, posterior. Just used a spinal block...I wanted to "be there", but kept dozing off. No problems after surgery. Was getting around with crutches a day after surgery. Non-weight-bearing for 6 weeks while new bone formed to anchor the implant (no bone cement used). No PT, just two followups with the surgeon for staple removal and final x-ray at 6 weeks, left my crutches at their office, drove home, and began walking the next day. It's been 20 years and counting. Once in a while if I have to stand or hike for hours I'll get some nerve pain in that thigh. It is an annoyance but not a huge issue. Compared to the years of misery before, it was the best thing I could have done.
Last edited by Parnassia; 08-02-2019 at 02:19 AM..
40's, that drastic surgery needed so young?? I was 72 and lots of damage..from Anterior.
Just thinking enough younger people do the replacements due to AVN was that your case.
Yes, that young. AVN? No. Dysplasia in both hips. Very obvious on x-rays, just a matter of time before one or both deteriorated. Before you start, yes I have spent years swallowing every joint supplement on the market to delay it. Physically active career may or may not have influenced it. Hard to know whether anything had much effect (because obviously I can't go back and live those years all over again doing something else). If/when my other hip starts to go I'll have no reservations about replacing it.
So no hip replacement. He did have lumbar surgery to relieve pressure on nerves. Finally an expert said lets do MRI on back and then from there, great noninvasive surgery and he is getting better. Why did no one check his back?
So no hip replacement. He did have lumbar surgery to relieve pressure on nerves. Finally an expert said lets do MRI on back and then from there, great noninvasive surgery and he is getting better. Why did no one check his back?
Thanks for giving an update. I hope husband continues to progress. So many wrong surgeries could be done as I've heard...a D.O. that works on my back says the surgeon who did my hip job could have been wrong in his surgery as I have back issues too...it's so complex so often.
So no hip replacement. He did have lumbar surgery to relieve pressure on nerves. Finally an expert said lets do MRI on back and then from there, great noninvasive surgery and he is getting better. Why did no one check his back?
I'd suspect it can happen that MDs and patients can sort of get a preconceived notion of a problem because of how they unintentionally present it. A stage gets set in everyone's mind and they proceed based on that. If you start a scientific line of questioning with the wrong hypothesis you can end up going off on a real rabbit trail. I don't mean to suggest its right, just that it happens. Probably happened a lot more in the days before whole body imaging. Hypothetically, when someone has a sore back they choose to visit a back specialist. The specialist could end up only evaluating their back, even though a back could be influenced by many other things. They may get too focused too early.
This reminded me of a former co-worker who had complained about back pain for years. Kept going back to the same respected practice for his back...had spinal surgery, fusions, PT, pain management, traction, etc. Some of the pain would get relieved but not all of it. Fast forward about 10 years. I happened to meet up with him at a seminar. He looked great. Asked him how he was doing. Turned out during those years no one looked outside the spinal "box" he and they were so focused on until someone suggested evaluating his hips. Turned out he had some sort of congenital malformation of the pelvis. It didn't really surface until the resulting arthritis was blatantly obvious. Had both hips replaced and the entire problem (including his back pain) went away.
Update...One year after posterior THR and I'm doing fine. No pain or other issues. Some other associated pain in my knees and ankles cleared up once I was walking normally. I'm pretty happy at this point.
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