Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Personally I just wanted the internal workings to be right. I have 2 very untidy scars (one is akin to lumpy tractor tracks!) from my operations i had as a small child. What I have got this time from my BHR is amazing in comparison (and I'm still only 7 days post-op!) The scar is very long (maybe 20 cms)but runs round the curve of my hip in a neat line akin to a cat scratch. The stitches are all internal (subcutaneous) - 5 rows of them apparently (possibly cos i have such a fat arse!) I am intrigued to see what it looks like once all the scar tissue and swelling and bruising has settled down, but so far so good. My muscles are aching but i haven't got the joint stiffness i had before - thats more important to me than how big the scar is. Jen > Dr. Mark... > > You're the guy with the knife. So tell me it this be true. My > sports med doc (now former, because of the dismissive way he dealt > with the possibility of resurfacing) did talk about methods for THR. > I asked about minimally invasive surgery for the THR (which I still > believed then would be my only course)...and he said it's not a good > idea on hip surgeries because...the location of the sciatic nerve is > so variable person-to-person. He was concerned that such a procedure > posed greater risk of damaging...or even severing the sciatic. That, > if I read my Gray's Anatomy right, would be a fair disaster for > future locomotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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