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Has anyone had a successful hip revision surgery?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: May 22 8:57pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
In addition to comments here, you may want to consider a couple of these:
1. Second surgical opinion from an orthopedic center known to do many hip revisions per year (dozens probably) and ideally can tell you outcomes. Sounds as though you have second opinions, but unclear whose opinion.
2. Not directly applicable but the Danish published patient satisfaction information comparing hip replacement patients,,with patients replaced who had dislocation and a third group having dislocation and revision. Quite a few with dislocation and revision had lower quality of life, apparently some revisions are not 100% successful. If you know a medical librarian or family who can access and understand orthopedic research articles that may help provide information to assist in deciding.
I wish I could point you to an orthopedic center of excellence for revisions - I'm guessing Mayo has one however, for an opinion. I might need this sort of opinion, so please let us know if you pursue this. Best wishes.
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I believe both of your points come down to having a superbly skilled revision surgeon. Revisions tend to be more complex than original replacements. Not all hip/knee surgeons do revisions and of those who do, I would trust very few to do a revision for me. Most revision surgeons also do original replacements so I consider their experience in both areas in forming my judgment.
My incredible surgeon (replaced my left hip and my right knee with no post surgical pain each time) devotes about 20% of his time to revisions.
In my view what I would call centers of excellence (such as Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Scripps Clinic, Hospital for Special Surgery, etc. have a very high standard of excellence for all of their staff. The absolutely best surgeons are usually outside of these centers but locating them is more difficult. I looked at research papers, orthopedic conference meetings, etc. to try to narrow down the selection.