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I have a hip plant and now I have a 70% torn, gluteal, minimus tendon
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Apr 20 2:47pm | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
I have a full-thickness tendon tear of the gluteus medius and piriformis muscles, and a high grade partial thickness tear of the gluteus minimus muscle/tendon, which happened in early December of 2025, and was confirmed by an MRI in mid-December. I had the injections into the muscles with no relief in February. My question is how successful is the tendon repair in someone who is 72 year old woman, who is in great shape? I have another opinion with a fourth doctor in 2 weeks. I had an appointment for a tendon repair consult a month ago, but the doctor called the day before the appointment and said he only does tendon repair in patients 40 and younger. Am I going to run into this problem with any future doctor appointments for tendon repair?
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I recently was lucky enough to get an appointment with one of the top doctors for this type of repair. He agreed to do the surgery but gave me a 20-70% chance of improvement. I would always have a limp, some instability, may not need a cane; the biggest gain from this type of surgery he said was reduced hip pain. I don’t have hip pain, just my long term back pain,
I have since worked with a great physiotherapist to strengthen my gluteus Maximus and abductors. I now can walk without a cane, still slight limp but I don’t have walking endurance. I feel more secure with a cane.
The surgeon says that I have achieved the best of what the surgery would accomplish. Unless my condition changes and/or pain starts, there is no advantage to having the repair which is quite onerous with a long recovery period. I hope this information is helpful. Good luck.
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@egray8666 I had surgery for a complete tear of the minimus and a partial tear of the medias tendons 4 years ago. Took a year to get a correct diagnosis. I found the recovery to be long with lots of PT. However, I have not regretted having the surgery as I have been pain free since. I was 80 years old, very active female in very good physical shape when I had the surgery. I hope you have success if you get the surgery.