Re: SF Bay resurfacer _thanks for notes

[Guest guest]

Bob,

For what it is worth, my local OS did Jack's hip. He is a very well

respected doctor in this area, however, his advice to me to give up

everything I enjoy in life or live in pain were not great

alternatives for me personally at this juncture in my life. He

wanted to do a bilateral THR ceramic/ceramic on me this month. I

tried to get him to guarantee that the procedure would take ten

strokes off my game.

I was less interested in my surgeon's sense of fashion and ability

to market and communicate as I was focused on track record and

experience and the procedure itself. Although if anyone can pull

off a bowtie it would be the good doctor himself. Addtionally, I

spent several hours speaking with many patients of my OS who had

been resurfaced five years ago and also reviewed more current

experiences. They were all very gracious with their time. This

proved to be valuable due diligence. There are also many long time

and recent JRI patients who I am sure will give you plenty of data

points given the absence of long term clinical data.

Best of luck.... C+ Dr. Amstutz 5/04/04 (the sober guy with the

good looking bowtie)

> OK, on the left coast it looks like JRI or somebody in Salem OR.

> Thanks for the clues, everybody. I looked at the JRI site, w/all

the

> Amstutz videos, et al. As a new arrival to this medical niche, it

> makes my hair stand up some to move from a beaming Jack Nicklaus

to

> the fairly sober Amstutz in bowtie...somewhere, SOME of this is

hype.

> That's OK, I'm a scientist, the truth's in the data!

>

> On the contrary, this web site makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Seems

> like plenty of reliable data here. - Bob

[Guest guest]

Bob,

For what it is worth, my local OS did Jack's hip. He is a very well

respected doctor in this area, however, his advice to me to give up

everything I enjoy in life or live in pain were not great

alternatives for me personally at this juncture in my life. He

wanted to do a bilateral THR ceramic/ceramic on me this month. I

tried to get him to guarantee that the procedure would take ten

strokes off my game.

I was less interested in my surgeon's sense of fashion and ability

to market and communicate as I was focused on track record and

experience and the procedure itself. Although if anyone can pull

off a bowtie it would be the good doctor himself. Addtionally, I

spent several hours speaking with many patients of my OS who had

been resurfaced five years ago and also reviewed more current

experiences. They were all very gracious with their time. This

proved to be valuable due diligence. There are also many long time

and recent JRI patients who I am sure will give you plenty of data

points given the absence of long term clinical data.

Best of luck.... C+ Dr. Amstutz 5/04/04 (the sober guy with the

good looking bowtie)

> OK, on the left coast it looks like JRI or somebody in Salem OR.

> Thanks for the clues, everybody. I looked at the JRI site, w/all

the

> Amstutz videos, et al. As a new arrival to this medical niche, it

> makes my hair stand up some to move from a beaming Jack Nicklaus

to

> the fairly sober Amstutz in bowtie...somewhere, SOME of this is

hype.

> That's OK, I'm a scientist, the truth's in the data!

>

> On the contrary, this web site makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Seems

> like plenty of reliable data here. - Bob

[Guest guest]

> OK, on the left coast it looks like JRI or somebody in Salem OR.

> Thanks for the clues, everybody. I looked at the JRI site, w/all the

> Amstutz videos, et al. As a new arrival to this medical niche, it

> makes my hair stand up some to move from a beaming Jack Nicklaus to

> the fairly sober Amstutz in bowtie...somewhere, SOME of this is hype.

> That's OK, I'm a scientist, the truth's in the data!

Bob,

If you want the complete list of US surgeons doing resurfacing,

there's a list of surgeons participating in both the Conserve Plus and

Cormet 2000 trials on the " active joints " website, which you can find at:

http://www.activejoints.com/resurfacing.html

There are separate lists for each device. There is *lots* of other

useful information on this site, as well.

Speaking as somebody who was resurfaced (both hips at once) by the

redoubtable Dr. Amstutz 34 days ago, you couldn't be in better hands.

Steve (bilat C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

> OK, on the left coast it looks like JRI or somebody in Salem OR.

> Thanks for the clues, everybody. I looked at the JRI site, w/all the

> Amstutz videos, et al. As a new arrival to this medical niche, it

> makes my hair stand up some to move from a beaming Jack Nicklaus to

> the fairly sober Amstutz in bowtie...somewhere, SOME of this is hype.

> That's OK, I'm a scientist, the truth's in the data!

Bob,

If you want the complete list of US surgeons doing resurfacing,

there's a list of surgeons participating in both the Conserve Plus and

Cormet 2000 trials on the " active joints " website, which you can find at:

http://www.activejoints.com/resurfacing.html

There are separate lists for each device. There is *lots* of other

useful information on this site, as well.

Speaking as somebody who was resurfaced (both hips at once) by the

redoubtable Dr. Amstutz 34 days ago, you couldn't be in better hands.

Steve (bilat C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

Hi Bob,

Couldn't resist........... the truth's in the data............. good

grief........... data doesn't have a hope of indicating 'truth'...........

data is as easy to manipulate as soft clay and generally means whatever the

collector and the reader wants it to prove either to themselves or

others............smile.

Interpretation of any information on any hip prothesis is fraught with

preexisting conditions of patients bones and fitness, life expectancy, age,

genes, surgeons skill, hospital systems, post op rehabilitation, desire of

patient to regain fitness and surpass it, life conditions of the patient and

general luck that people have............i.e. regardless of how special an

OS someone has, conditions etc some people will still get stuck with their

general luck of the moment...........which can mean that a difficult

situation is saved or a great situation is ruined.........

Glad though that our site at least makes you feel 'warm and

fuzzy'............ hopefully most of us share our honest feelings about how

we are finding day to day life with our Resurface implants.........and it

ends up being a cross section of the good, the bad and the

ugly...........smile.

Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02

> OK, on the left coast it looks like JRI or somebody in Salem OR.

> Thanks for the clues, everybody. I looked at the JRI site, w/all the

> Amstutz videos, et al. As a new arrival to this medical niche, it

> makes my hair stand up some to move from a beaming Jack Nicklaus to

> the fairly sober Amstutz in bowtie...somewhere, SOME of this is hype.

> That's OK, I'm a scientist, the truth's in the data!

>

> On the contrary, this web site makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Seems

> like plenty of reliable data here. - Bob

[Guest guest]

I get it. And now he re-surfs.

In a message dated 5/24/2004 6:31:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

gabacho@... writes:

Bob,

Lest the bowtie fool you, up until recently Dr. Amstutz surfed.

[Guest guest]

Bob,

Lest the bowtie fool you, up until recently Dr. Amstutz surfed.

C+ 4-04

> OK, on the left coast it looks like JRI or somebody in Salem OR.

> Thanks for the clues, everybody. I looked at the JRI site, w/all

the

> Amstutz videos, et al. As a new arrival to this medical niche, it

> makes my hair stand up some to move from a beaming Jack Nicklaus

to

> the fairly sober Amstutz in bowtie...somewhere, SOME of this is

hype.

> That's OK, I'm a scientist, the truth's in the data!

>

> On the contrary, this web site makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Seems

> like plenty of reliable data here. - Bob