Husband had original judet cementless hip replacement in 1981 at age 26. It went well. In hospital 3 weeks. On crutches for 6 mo. Recommended back then. In fall of 1982 in car accident. Passenger in vehicle hit by drunk driver. Hospitalized 2 weeks with concussion, knee wound. A year later started having issues with hip. Dr thought rejecting ball so he had revision surgery in 1984. Was better for awhile but never great. In 1996 new surgeon did a total revision replacement with cadaver bone, wire, screws and a plate over a cracked pelvis that he felt probably happened in that car accident. It never showed up on xrays/mri when standing
still. Surgery took over 11 hours to pull it all out and replace. Did very well. In hospital 2 days! 2 yrs
Later had other hip replaced. He did dislocate that one 3x before a different woman surgeon fixed. Has been good since. Over 20 yrs. The 1996 hip though is not doing well. Has loosened. His surgeon is partially retired and no longer doing surgery. He sent him to another surgeon who doesn’t want to do any more surgery. He told him to go on disability and get Medicare. No help with pain, no other solutions offered. We don’t think our insurance will pay for him to go to Mayo. Have read about a new procedure that cleans out hip area of any debris and using camera injects cement into loose areas. My husband is 63 and not 83. He doesn’t want to be in pain for rest of his life. Anyone else been told no more revisions?

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