Hi....I never had a revision done. In 2022, my surgery was done on an emergency basis due to infection and sepsis that I was not aware of until a few days before. The plan was to put antibiotic spacer in for 3 months, then revision with a traditional hip replacement, however, the infection had done so much damage to bone and muscle, they couldn't put one in. The surgeon had to decide at the time to amputate my leg or just remove the Birmingham Hip along with the dead, necrotic bone and muscles. I no longer have a hip joint and although I have to use a walker or crutches to walk, I have a pretty full life and no pain, except for generalized osteoarthritis pain, which I take NSAID for daily. Girdlestone is a salvage procedure named after a Dr Girdlestone if you want to Google it. I'm 72 and live in the USA. If you have a Facebook acct, there are 2 groups I belong to that are helpful if you want to join. First one is "Hip Replacement Complication Forum" (there are over 2000 members) and the other is "Girdlestone Procedure Outcomes" which was just started in 2025 and has 29 members. The first group especially may be very helpful if you are having issues and will be going through a Revision. Wishing you the very best! Cindy

So did they diagnose your resurfaced hip as failing? I have 2 resurfaced hips. The right is 15 years old and the left is about 9. Still going strong here. I also had high cobalt and chromium levels that were about twice the normal level so I started taking NAC. After 2 months, my levels were in the normal range. I hope your hip hasn’t failed, but try NAC in the meantime. Good luck!