Re: Resurfacing or PAO - the choice

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At 01:24 PM 7/11/2004 +0000, you wrote:

> I guess if its all

>about extending the life of our hips then why am I not being

>influenced in the direction of PAO first. Is resurfacing going to be

>the 'new thing' in preserving our hips. I've read a lot about both,

>but I haven't met anyone else who's been given such freedom of

>choice, most seem to be influenced one way or another.

Becky,

I suspect that a PAO specialist is not also going to be a resurfacing

specialist and vice-versa. Therefore, they are both likely to point you

down the path of their particular specialty, which then leaves you to

become informed (which obviously you are doing), and choose which feels

best for YOU! I was so far beyond eligibility for PAO, so that option was

eliminated for me (in 1996), so I went after resurfacing.

Cindy

C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01