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Welcome
If you are visiting this website, either
you or someone you know needs a total hip replacement. There is pain
and it is no longer bearable. The time has come to stop
taking pain killers, take your health into your own hands
and start on the road to being active again.
About Hips For You
The Hips For You Website about Total Hip
Replacement was conceived
and designed by Patricia Walter. Patricia had her hip
resurfaced in March 2006 with Dr. De Smet of Belgium. She
felt there was a need for a website that helped people
learn about total hip replacement. She knew first hand how wonderful a hip replacement
was and wanted to
help others learn about the procedure.
Hips For You is not controlled by any medical companies, doctors or hospitals.
The website is not a paid advertisement for any medical
business. Patricia donates her time to maintain the website
and add information almost daily. Hundreds of prospective
total hip replacement patients have written to her asking for
information. The website is a collection of information to
help a person learn about total hip replacement. Hips For You is a
patient to patient guide to total hip replacement.
Some doctors have been kind enough to
provide articles about different subjects pertaining to
total hip
replacement. It is always interesting to learn from a
doctors point of view. The website does not provide medical
advice, only your surgeon can tell you what is right for
your own situation.
What you
will find on the website
Hips For You is a Patient to Patient Resource about Total
Hip Replacement. It features a
collection of articles,
doctor information,
medical studies and
personal
total hip
replacement stories. Hips For You has been designed to help people learn about
total hip
replacement.
Hips For You is not financially supported by any
doctors, hospitals or medical manufacturers of total hip
replacement devices.
If you are a first time visitor to
Hips For You, you might wonder where to start to learn about
total hip replacement. The
Article Page is a good place to start learning.
If you would like to talk about total hip
replacement with other patients, visit the
Total Hip Talk discussion group. Ask questions - get
answers. Find support from other people that have had or
will have total hip replacement.
Are you interested in personal stories
about people's experience with total hip replacement surgery?
Visit the
Total Hip
Stories section to read personal stories about total hip
replacement. Do you have a story you would like to share?
Email your story to
pwalter@surfacehippy.info
Information
about Hip Replacement
There are two basic options available for hip
replacements - Total Hip Replacement (THR) and
Hip
Resurfacing. Total Hip Replacement has been the standard
in the United States for years, but there is another
option for younger, more active patients - Hip
Resurfacing. Doctors in Europe, Canada, Australia and
India have been performing Hip Resurfacing with the
current modern devices for about eight years.
The information featured here is a collection of
information I collected while spending weeks learning
about hip replacement. It is provided as a guide to help
you better understand Total Hip Replacement issues. Many
times the information you receive from doctors or
medical companies is biased. I have no reason to suggest
any one total hip replacement device, manufacture or doctor over another. There
are, however, newer THR hip devices available and you
want to make sure your doctor is offering you the best
solution for your age and activity level. The new Metal
on Metal total hip replacement devices and Ceramic on Ceramic
total hip replacement devices are
options that allow a person to remain very active and
have small possibility of a dislocation
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than
193,000 total hip replacements are performed each year
in the United States and more than 90 percent of these
do not require revision.
There are many types of total hip replacement devices or
prosthesis. There are many
total hip replacement implant designs and materials, and
the devices or prosthesis come in three broad categories:
The
Total
Hip Replacement Page describes the Total Hip Replacement Devices in much more
detail. The
MIS
Article Page describes the minimally invasive surgery technique for
total hip replacement.
Information about Hip Resurfacing
Hip Resurfacing was approved by the FDA in May
2006 for Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR)
Surface Hippy is a
complete website devoted to Hip Resurfacing. Hip Resurfacing is bone
conserving because it does not require the head of the femur bone to
be cut off. A cap is fitted over the reshaped head of the femur bone
after the bone has been shaped to accept it. A cup is then placed in
the acetabulum of the hip to provide a bearing surface for the hip
cap. The acetabular cup is very simialr to a MOM hip prothesthesis
acetabular cup.
Many people with hip pain also have associated back
pain, knee pain, joint pain and arthritis pain. Patricia
has other Patient to Patient Websites featuring
information about these associated problems. Click on
the area of interest to visit the websites and learn
more.
All of Patricia's websites are patient to patient resources and not controlled by doctors, hospitals or
medical companies.
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