Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 About two weeks ago I posted I was feeling some discomfort in my right resurfed hip. I emailed Dr. DeSmet and he told me to get some pictures of it and send them to him. I went to a local orthopod (who was quite interested in my resurf) for the X-Rays. The short story is that the hip looked PERFECT. Thank you again Dr. DeSmet!! The bad news for me is that X-Rays showed serious arthritis and degenerative disc disease in my lower back. This was causing the discomfort in my hip. Interesting to note that the orthopod, who still does THRs, was trying to say that THRs were just as good as resurfs now (with new materials, larger heads, etc). But since I am a long time member of this board and pretty educated on the subject I was able to point out a few advantages of resurfs which he could not argue. I kept the discussion short as not to offend him. Wish me luck with my new health challenges. RBHR 3/12/02 DE Smet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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