interposition arthroplasty .. Anyone heard of this?

[Guest guest]

I am a 31 year old male with rheumatoid arthritis since age 5. I

was wondering if anyone has had or heard of this surgery:

interposition arthroplasty

-OR-

arthroplasty with tendon interposition

My doctor at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, who is also the head of

Orthopedic Surgery, has offered it to me as an option for my left

hip, but I can't find any info on it. The risk of doing the

surgery is if they take too long, the ball portion of the hip will

be deprived of blood for too long and will cause the ball portion of

the hip to collapse without warning at a later date. (weeks to

months) But if there are no complications, it will

be better than a hip replacement. (for me anyway)

So has anyone here had or heard of this procedure?

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

I take it that your name is Phil,

Phil,

I did a little searching for you but all i came up with was...

(Copy/Paste this into your browser)

http://www.drkoop.com/search/query.asp?

SearchString=arthroplasty & Section=All

It is only info on Arthroplasty not " INTERPOSITION " Arthroplasty

Hope it may hel a little!!

Hope your feeling good!

Take care

Daren