Will I continue to have bursitis after resurfacing?

[Guest guest]

I've had chronic bursitis in my left greater trochanter ever since my

hip problems started about 18 months ago. I have AVN and OS in the

one hip. When the Femur head is resurfaced, they don't go near the

bursa, do they?

Will I continue to have this annoying pain? It has been more

persistant (though not as severe) as the groin pain. I can never lay

on my left side any more. I've been looking forward to this after

surgery, but it just occured to me that the source of this problem may

not be fixed by resurfacing.

Does anyone have experience with bursitis before and/or after resurfacing?

Marie

[Guest guest]

Hi Marie,

I had bursitis in both hips about a year and a half ago. What helped

me most was Rest, Ice, Ibuprofen (taken consistently for at least a

week, I took it for 10 days straight) and then lots of PT. I also

discovered that the primary source of the pain was working 12 hour

night shifts on an extremely busy Peds ICU. I stopped working nights

and only work 8 hour shifts, I also rarely work as a bedside nurse

now because it was sooo much standing. I'm of course waiting to see

if I need the resurfacing now, which is a whole new kind of pain. At

least I worked through the bursitis pain!

Good Luck

Sam

> I've had chronic bursitis in my left greater trochanter ever since

my

> hip problems started about 18 months ago. I have AVN and OS in the

> one hip. When the Femur head is resurfaced, they don't go near the

> bursa, do they?

>

> Will I continue to have this annoying pain? It has been more

> persistant (though not as severe) as the groin pain. I can never

lay

> on my left side any more. I've been looking forward to this after

> surgery, but it just occured to me that the source of this problem

may

> not be fixed by resurfacing.

>

> Does anyone have experience with bursitis before and/or after

resurfacing?

>

> Marie

[Guest guest]

Hi Marie,

Well Marie if I managed to understand it from my 2 days just spent at an

intro to anatomy course, the bursa is intertangled with the ligaments that

wrap up the hip joint...........the bursa is actually responsible for the

creation

of the synoval fluid. So to get into the hip joint one would imagine they

surely would have to 'touch' the bursa.......... but it obviously goes back

to fairly normal as we all end up with synoval fluid later.........Mine has

even gone back to creating synoval fluid after a rest of 35 years...........

As to whether buritis continues following your resurfaced would probably be

dependant on why the bursa was upset now......... if it is simply the

irritation from the arthritis then without that, the bursa would surely

settle down and stop being an issue............ A phone call to your surgeon

who would have more idea the why of your particular buritis would seem the

best approach to getting your question answered...........

Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02

> I've had chronic bursitis in my left greater trochanter ever since my

> hip problems started about 18 months ago. I have AVN and OS in the

> one hip. When the Femur head is resurfaced, they don't go near the

> bursa, do they?

>

> Will I continue to have this annoying pain? It has been more

> persistant (though not as severe) as the groin pain. I can never lay

> on my left side any more. I've been looking forward to this after

> surgery, but it just occured to me that the source of this problem may

> not be fixed by resurfacing.

>

> Does anyone have experience with bursitis before and/or after resurfacing?

>

> Marie