[Closed] Hip Replacements - How good are they?

Mrs FD knows lots about them, but her advice would be speak to the consultant concerned as everyone is different.

I seem to recall a few stories having popped up on the BBC news website over the last few days. Something about doctors being urged not to use metal ones.

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Oh he is being advised by the Consultant and is taking the guidance given. I simply wanted some more information, perhaps from someone with experience.

Cheers Hh

My mum had both hers done at around 50 years old. Hers are ceramic, and whatever ones they are they were a bit special at the time. Hip replacements are mostly the domain of the elderly so absolute longevity isn't always the key factor, but hers were different to the ones typically being fitted at the time because she was young. She's had them in for 17 years without any bother until just recently. It appears that another bit of surgery she had to have recently has disrupted them somehow, but it seams that they might just need to be re-glued, the replacement hip itself hasn't seemingly worn out. For her the original hip trouble is the result of a congenital condition (which is why her hips wore out so young) so its possible the bits the new hips were fitted to are fragile too.

can he remain very active

The numbers that were thrown around for me when it was on the table as an option was that for a typically active 25-year-old, I could expect one to last about 10 years before getting another became advisable, but that I could expect pretty normal use of the leg while it lasted (possibly better than I have now in fact!) That was 6 years ago though and everyone that I spoke to was confident that they were improving fast and that the next one would probably last longer, so perhaps longevity's already improved.

Luckily I didn't need one in the end which is why I can't speak from experience, but that was the medical advice I had.

guy at work now in his early 50s had them both done quite a few years ago. He did say that they've long outlasted the original forecast.

Can anyone recall who the mc enduro racer was who has had both replaced. Hadn't the sockets ovalised or something?

My Mum has had both hers done.

One was done 20 years ago and the other 10.

The 10 year old one has worn out and is being re done in July.

MM

I broke my hip when I was 35 - ten years ago. If I did it today they'd have just replaced it as it would be unlikely to heal due to my advancing years.

The reason they took the risk of it not healing (a la Floyd Llandis femoral neck fracture) was that they said the replacements only last about 10 years.

There was no indication that the replacement joint would affect my quality of life although from my experience with the break the biggest issue was the associated muscle/ligament/etc damage both from the initial 'sharp end of thigh bone flailing aroind inside leg' injury plus the 6" hole they dug in the side of my leg to reattach it.

RD I'm guessing it's David Knight who you're wondering about. DK didn't have hip replacements but he did have double hip surgery for impingement.

My wife had a hip replacement done about 2 years ago.
She's now concerned because its probably a metal joint and the operation details from the surgeon about the make of it have not been very forthcoming.
My wife still has pain from it but its probably because she didn't follow the aftercare routine,and has never consistently done the exercises she was told to do(women know best!).

well it changed my mums life for the better....

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Joeegg - go to http://www.njrcentre.org.uk/njrcentre/default.aspx and make a patient data request for info on the components used. That is if your wife consented to storing of her details, they'll post the information out to her.