Don't give up. Current prosthesis design & materials, in the hands of a good surgeon, can fix a multitude of problems caused by a bad surgical outcome. Also surgeons now use robotics, whereas before robotics, the surgeon did a lot of the procedure without the accuracy of that technology. There are ways to ensure that the physician you want is the one doing the operation. You sign a SURGICAL CONSENT FORM and in that document, you can insist that your wishes are written into the document before you sign it. Also, there are (2) types of health care providers that administer anesthesia in a hospital setting. One is a board certified anesthesiologist PHYSICIAN and the other is a CRNA. The CRNA is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. They're an RN with some additional training in anesthesiology. You also sign a anesthesiologist's consent form that's presented to you by the anesthesiologist MD. Usually the anesthesiologist MD is working more than one OR and is not going to stay in your OR for the duration of the entire procedure, but you can insist in the consent document that the anesthesia physician administers all the anesthesia drugs and the CRNA then usually only does the monitoring. And if an anesthesia problem occurs, that the anesthesia physician is right next door and can be in your OR immediately. I definitely wouldn't give up. Even though you don't want to go through another surgery, you have ways to ensure that what you want is what you get. Many hospitals try to cut corners and only use CRNA's with only minimal oversight from the anesthesiologist MD. Also, in many cases, the anesthesiologist PHYSICIANS do not work for the hospital, but are in a private group practice.