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@redbeets, sorry. Nothing worse than getting on a patient site and hearing the same old thing the doctors recite.
I haven't heard of soft tissue revision on the replacement hip. There was a brief discussion here where a commenter finally found a doctor willing to do scar tissue removal on the replaced joint. But when she came out of surgery she found out that it became necessary to do a revision after all. She was very unhappy with the results, as you might imagine.
There is a procedure where they take lessen the tendon tension, but it doesn't seem helpful in your situation.
If you haven't already, you might send your images out to other surgeons for independent evaluation.

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@geThanks intend to get a second opinion before I would have any surgery. I don't always take the physician's comments as gospel. I think this procedure would not be readily discussed with the patient/physician. They would have to state the cause which usually leads back to the replacement. Not every replacement is without problem--we are all built differently. What I can't agree with is an inability to recognize problems and look for a solution.