http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html Keep up to date with the major headlines about hip replacement. en-us hip replacement Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:20:10 GMT Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:20:10 GMT hip-replacement-and-recovery.com http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-products.html The right selection of hip replacement products will help your recover safely and in comfort. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:54:24 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/post-hip-dislocation.html I had my THR 18 months ago, uncemented ceramic on ceramic. Unfortunately, it dislocated this week, with no fall or accident to cause it. It has been put Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:03:07 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/bone-bank.html The Bone Bank donating your bone Have you ever considered what happens to the bone that is removed during your hip replacement? I hadnt well not Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:48:51 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/how-well-did-you-sleep-after-your-hip-replacement.html This week the hip replacement news has been totally dominated by the DePuy's recall/s. DePuy's is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson which has had all Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:32:19 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/two-hips-replaced-at-same-time.html What's it like to have both hips replaced at the same time Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:13:34 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/whats-been-happening.html Most of this week I've been focusing on the look and feel of the site. I asked a designer to give it a total overhaul and she's come up with a brilliant Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:04:47 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/depuy-orthopedics-issues-recall-notice.html Finally, five months after issuing an Urgent Safety Notice (USN), DePuy Orthopaedics have issued a recall notice for its ASR Hip acetabular cup (that's Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:04:41 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/updates-and-ramblings.html The weeks seem to fly past so quickly but I'm glad its Friday again so I can sit in bed with my new netbook and write to you. I've just read an article Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:05:08 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/who-is-the-best-orthopaedic-surgeon.html Who is the best orthopaedic surgeon? That's a great question but, currently, one without an answer. Something that Andrew Lansley, the UK's Health Secretary Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00:18 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/should-i-or-shouldnt-i.html Well the pain diary has been very much used this week. The reason being that I've taken a few days off work in order to prepare a couple of rooms to rent Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:40:01 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/inequality-in-the-provision-of-knee-and-hip-replacements.html A study published today in the BMJ (BMJ 2010;341:c4092) details the inequality in provision of hip and knee replacements within England. The data is Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:10:39 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/mental-health-and-the-perception-of-arthritic-pain.html A new study from UC Davis School of Medicine tells us that the amount of pain experienced by patients with osteoarthritis is directly related to their Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:10:01 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/introduce-yourself-.html If you just want to say hello rather than write a blog then this is the place for you. We'd love to hear from you, where you live, when you had your op Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:13:14 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/body-building.html What about high intensity bodybuilding for the hip after a total hip? I was advised not to do squats, leg presses, deadlifts Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:22:03 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-arthroscopy.html Can hip arthroscopy help you with your hip problem? This minimally invasive technique can solve a variety of problems. Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:39:26 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/nhs-waiting-lists.html I've been reading all sorts of misinformation about NHS waiting lists on American sites. It seems that the anti-Obama lobby is determined to scare their Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:59:53 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/the-role-of-anaesthesia-in-surgical-site-infections.html Fewer patients develop a surgical site infection if their total knee or hip replacement is carried out under a regional (epidural or spinal) anaesthetic Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:13:41 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Hip-and-Knee-Replacement-Patients-Lose-Weight A recent study has shown that hip and knee replacement patients often lose a significant amount of weight following surgery. Almost 20 dropped 5 or more of their body weight with knee replacements showing a greater frequency of such weight loss. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:02:19 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/exercise-time.html I?ve been doing exercises this week ? mainly stretching and strength training - and they?ve really helped. You may remember I was getting a lot of serious Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:12:36 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/bob.html Had a total hip replacement done on my right hip at the end of May 2010. I had been diagnosed as needing this procedure over 4 years ago, but put it off Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:21:52 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#How-Body-Building-Can-Lead-to-a-Hip-Replacement Rajesh Gautam set his heart on becoming a body builder but three years after joining a gym in Delhi he was undergoing a total hip replacement due to an unsupervised protein diet. Doctors are saying that the diet contained acidic animal protein, which, when taken without the appropriate foods to neutralise the acid, can lead to bone loss and fractures. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:09:49 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/pain-diary-and-physio.html Another week has flown by and not enough accomplished! I seem to have lost the zest for writing for the site right now and instead am doing research and Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:51:14 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Zsa-Zsa-Gabor-to-have-hip-replacement Following a fall from her bed, whilst reaching for a phone, Zsa Zsa Gabor (93) underwent a successfull hip replacement yesterday. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:00:47 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/pain-diary.html Using a pain diary enables you to accurately describe the pattern of your pain Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:51:00 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#NHS-Reforms Yup its not just the US that's planning to radically reform the way it provides health care for its people. Now its the turn of the NHS. The new coalition government has launched its iniative Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS. Reading through the paperwork I found it hard to cut through all the spin but the gist of it all seems to be that:- 1. <b>Primary Care Trusts are to be abolished</b> and groups of GPs will commission health care for their local communities. Now I've known a PCT commissioner or two and I can assure you they were highly skilled at negotiating contracts - do you think your doctor is? Is that the best use of your doctor's time? Can you see the possiblity here of kickbacks from private providers - or even NHS providers now that NHS providers are being forced to compete with each other? Or is this just another back doorway to privatisation whereby the group of GPs pays a private company to do the commissioning for them? I really don't know, it's very early days yet. 2. I do like the idea of being able to <b>chose my GP</b> as I see fit rather than being sent to one based solely on my postcode. But am not really sure how useful it will be in practice. Right now you have quite a bit of choice as most GPs are in group practices. If you don't like one you don't need to move practice you just see another. The other advantage might be to see a GP at a different location. It may seem useful to have a GP near work rather than home for instance - but just wait till you feel really sick and don't want to travel miles for an appointment - you'll surely be wishing the doctor was around the corner. The only real benefit I can see from this is that if you wanted to see a GP that combines their practice with say alternative or complementary methods or one where they had a great counselling serive. In this case its definitely a reform worth having. 3. <b>Getting rid of beuracracy.</b> Now this is a tricky one. Everytime something goes wrong the public quite rightly demand that safeguards are put in place to prevent it happening again. That requires people to work out a strategy, write up policy, train staff, make sure its working, check it regularly and continue to improve the system. That takes people and those people are called beuracrats. I'm not going to argue that all NHS management should be kept but be careful what you chop. My preference would be to get rid of targets that make the government look good but in no way improve services to patients. But I guess I'm on a loser with that one. What do you think of it all? Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:43:55 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/returning-to-work.html I am a floor nurse. How soon should I be able to return to wor Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:54:59 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/out-of-pain-and-in-a-boat.html Thanks to you all for your good wishes. I haven?t really got a clear explanation as to what happened last week - except that it may have been caused by Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:14:35 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Risking-Patients'-Health If you're having surgery wouldn't you prefer the teaching physician to be in the same room during the most critical phases of the operation? I guess that's a yes isn't it! A new lawsuit filed against a group of doctors at Rush University Medical Center's states that they regularly overbooked their surgical lists and relied on residents to perform surgeries. Allegations include one case where the surgeon didn't enter the operating room during the procedure and another where the surgeon supervised the operation via a video feed whilst peforming surgery himself. Amongst the surgeons named was Dr. Richard Berger who pioneered "minimally invasive" hip-replacement surgery. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:38:33 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/day-of-surgery.html The day of surgery has arrived. Do you understand what will happen to you on the day? Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:41:56 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/occupational-therapist.html Your occupational therapist will play a key role in your recovery - learn how to make the most of this service. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:12:18 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/fridays-appointment.html Went for my appointment on Friday morning and got to see Mr W himself. He said that all my blood tests were fine so there's no infection - huge relief. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:09:43 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Royal-Society's-Summer-Science-Exhibition. Sorry to be late with this bit of news but for those of you in London do pop along to the Royal Societys Summer Science Exhibition at the Southbank running until July 4th. One of the main attractions is a giant model of a human pelvis and hip replacement. The model is used to demonstrate how a high-intensity X-ray beam can be used to understand more about why hip replacements fail. The exhibitors promise to have a few hip prosthesis, made from different materials, on show. So check out whats in your leg. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:02:53 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/your-hip-replacement-story.html The place to share your hip replacement story or read about the experiences of others. Sharing knowledge helps us all. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:05:25 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/preoperative-assessment.html The preoperative assessment is an essential review of your health, your medication, your home and your exercise schedule - don't miss it! Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:33:18 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/a-little-history.html Hi Im Pamela and Im the owner and general gofer of this site - Hip Replacement and Recovery- but Im a hip replacement patient too. A little history Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:42:57 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/pamelas-story.html Pamela's story: a tale of two hip replacements and a knee replacement and all that goes with it. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:40:24 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/operation-day.html Saturday 8th May 2010 The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital, Oswestry. (on the border of England and Wales) My operation Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:42:39 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Falls---UK-Elders 60,000 elderly people sustain a fractured hip every year, due to a fall, says Age UK. The charity estimates the total cost of falls among the older age group comes to a whopping 4.6 million per year much of which is spent on hip replacements. An incredible 14,000 elders die following a fall each year. Age UK is encouraging exercises which improve balance and increase strength. They argue that this alone would cut the risk of a fall by over 50 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:26:42 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Six-Monthly-Check-Up Hi to you all and thanks for your messages of support both for my site and for me personally. Since my hip replacement in Oct 2009 I've been experiencing quite a bit of pain in my knee so I used my six month post-op check up for that as well. - Not good! On the hip front - the new SpR was very pleased with the implant. In fact he said it could be used as the gold standard to aim for. Everything in the right place and bone growing into the prosthesis along its entire length - Fab. Only problem is I'm experiencing pain. He's sent me off for blood tests as it might be infected (my worst outcome scenario) so keep you fingers crossed. The thought of having it taken out is not one I'm even going to consider right now. My knee X-ray looked silly. There is a chunk of the top of the tibia missing. Heavens knows where that went but I guess it somehow got mislaid following my rather serious rock-climbing accident in 2005. The SpR's opinion? Well without a moment's hesitation he said "total knee replacement" oh boy. As usual I argued for alternatives but nothing else is going to work. My left knee is actually jumping the queue as the game plan had been to get my left hip done next but ho hum life goes on. "Sufficient until the day is the evil thereof" is one of my favourite quotes - and I think I'll apply it to any further surgery. Hang in there till the quality of life dictates its time. And no, before you ask, there won't be a site called Knee Replacement and Recovery! Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:28:36 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/general-anesthetics.html General anesthetics are rarely used on their own during hip surgery. Find out why here. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:22:12 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/regional-anesthesia.html Regional anesthesia is now the most widely used type of anesthetic in hip surgery. The main choice is between a spinal block or an epidural. Learn more here. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:16:01 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/south-of-england.html Come join us at the South of England Meeting Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:17:14 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Faulty-Product-and-Failure-to-Warn---the-Case-Against-DePuy Defective design and a failure to warn surgeons and patients of the high risk of failure are two of the issues raised in a lawsuit just filed in the USA. The lawsuit, against DePuy, specifically concerns the ASR Hip Replacement a metal-on-metal prosthesis. The patient who is bringing the action is represented by a group of law firms who are pursuing claims for a number of other patients across the United States. All of whom claim that their DePuy ASR hip replacement has failed. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:17:29 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Even-Statutes-are-Having-Hip-Replacements-Now I've just got back from Edinburgh where I discovered that their oldest statute is about to have hip surgery. Apparently the rain is getting in through the cracks in King Charles II hip and he needs pin hole surgery. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:57:15 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/anesthetics.html Do you know enough about the range of anesthetics available to make an informed choice? Learn more.here. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:55:45 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#New-Type-of-Cement Jim Mason. a mechanical engineer from Grand Rapids, is currently working on a new type of cement for use in hip replacement surgery. The cement is reinforced with fibres which, Jim says, makes it sronger and more durable than the types of cements currently in use. Jim said "I want to make it possible for people not to need a second replacement". Sounds good to me Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:47:04 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/uncemented-thr-advice-please.html What is uncemented total hip replacement and how does it differ from cemented? Is recovery different or prolonged to other surgeries? Are there things Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:10:08 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/preoperative-infection.html What does it mean if doctor says tissues around hip surgery site are inflamed and steroids might be needed to bring inflammation down. and is this enough Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:00:49 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Animated-Anterior-Approach-Hip-Surgery Thought you might like to view this google video. Sun, 30 May 2010 14:32:14 GMT http://www.hip-replacement-and-recovery.com/hip-replacement-blog.html#Obesity-is-Greater-Risk-Factor-for-Men When it comes to hip replacements a study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases shows that obesity is more of a risk factor for men then for women. Whilst there was no difference in the rate of hip replacements for obese women when compared to those of normal weight it was shown that obese men were 70 more likely to need a hip replacement than their normal weight counterparts. Sat, 29 May 2010 07:51:29 GMT