tendons rubbing against prothesis? and revision

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AS some of you know I have been struggling with pains in my BHR (De Smet R BHR

January 6, 2004).

I had bone scan, blood test for infection, Xrays; all are OK and were looked at

by De Smet except he does not have yet the original pictures of the bone scan

(only the report from the radiologist here in Vancouver). The report from the

bone scan is good (although they cannot " see " under the cap).

Anyway the only thing at this point that De Smet can see is that the prothesis

is slightly oversized because they only go in 4mm increment in the Birmingham

and I am tiny. So he put in a slightly oversized one cause the size below would

have meant a risk of fracture or AVN cause he has to take out more bone.

De SMet says that the problem could be that the tendons are rubbing against the

prothesis and the solution would be a revision!!

He has only one other patient with this problem and is going to do a revision

for that reason.

Anyone has heard about that or has that problem??? I am not keen on a revision

especially with the bad times I have had after the first surgery! But .... might

have to and then with the prospect of the other hip to do too!

Eleanor did you get the results of your hip aspiration arthrogram?

Sunita

RBHR January 6, 04 De Smet