Originally Posted by
ColinJ
Anyway, GetUpnGo - I say that conservation is the name of the game and good luck with that. At some point, hip replacement is an option but I would like to only have it done once, if at all, so I'd want to be well into my 60s before that was necessary. Who would want second major surgery in their 70s? (I'm assuming that artificial joints still have a life of about 20 years. Perhaps joint technology has moved on now?)
That is why they kept putting me off for my replacement because of the longevity of the joint. They've come a long way though and I still wish I would have done it earlier so I could have enjoyed a little bit more of my younger years.
My joint has some type of plastic wear inserts and my Doctor tells me as long as we catch it early enough it's about a 1 hour surgery to replace them and has a short recovery time as compared with a total replacement. In other words they wouldn't need to dislocate your hip to do the work and they would go in anterior rather than posterior.