Re: Hesitant hippy!- Incision size

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Sue,

I have a 4 inch incision and gave my thoughts on incision size in msg

#24585.

Ed

Mont RC+ Nov '03

> Hello,

> Are you havingyour surgery done privately? have you had to wait

long?

> I am in need of a hip re-surfacing and would like the surgery via

the minimally invasive (MIS) method. There are surgeons out there who

undertake re-surfacing via MIS although the general consensus seems

to be that more room is needed for this procedure than a smaller

incision allows. Personally, I do not care whether the incision is

5cms or 30cms long, a scar is a scar and given a choice I would

actually rather not have a scar at all. What concerns me is internal

scar tissue and the length and rate of recuperation and both of these

are greatly reduced using MIS. So my theory, for what it's worth is,

that I would be happy to have a longer external scar if that meant

the OS would have a larger area to work in, by pushing the muscle

aside (instead of cutting into it) and then re-surfacing my hip.

> Sue - still researching!

> Hesitant hippy!

>

>

> I've been reading at this board for a short while, as I'm

probably

> going for a hip resurface. My question is to do with etiquette!

My

> location is London & my specialist is in Harley St. Is it

permitted

> to ask/pose questions about specialists & their history? To

canvass

> information from other of their patients? Previous posts seem

to

> avoid mentioning the specialist by name!

>

> I'm quite nervous about the prospect of the operation & would

like

> to hear from others in a similar situation.

> General info is that I'm 47 years & led an active (running 3

> marathons)life up until about a year ago. My xray seems to show

an

> irregular shape to the 'ball' part of my leg bone with almost

no

> cartlidge left in one area. Specialist informs me that

I'm 'just

> right' for the op. Suppose I am!

>

> Another question: I've recently seen articles about non

invasive

> surgery for total hip replacement surgery. Is this not possible

for

> hip resurfacing?

>

> Any comments or suggestion welcome.

> Thanks in advance.

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