Hip Replacement Experience?

[Buckeye]

Jonnie,

The doctor who did DW's surgery does something like 250 of these a year. He told us that it typically takes him just over an hour to do one hip replacement. He uses an anterior approach, which is relatively new and requires much less disruption of muscles and other structures.

The doctor had provided DW with contact information for previous bilateral patients. When DW spoke to one of them he told her "Dr. Hamilton is a rock-star." Now we definitely agree.

This is exactly the procedure my best friend (54) is having on one hip next Tuesday. Are you in the Seattle area? When she did her pre-surgery bloodwork yesterday, the lady taking the sample said he does 9 hips every Tuesday. His part supposedly only takes about an hour. She has been in major pain for several years and everyone just figured out the issue was her hip and not her back.

 

[grumpy]

This is exactly the procedure my best friend (54) is having on one hip next Tuesday. Are you in the Seattle area? When she did her pre-surgery bloodwork yesterday, the lady taking the sample said he does 9 hips every Tuesday. His part supposedly only takes about an hour. She has been in major pain for several years and everyone just figured out the issue was her hip and not her back.

Buckeye,

No, not the Seattle area - about as far from there in the US as possible - Virginia. DW's doctor is at the Anderson Clinic in Mount Vernon Va.

Your friend should find that the pain is completely gone immediately after the surgery. Good luck to her.