Is it common practice for a representative of the company manufacturing thehip resurfacing device to attend the surgery?
It is common to have the rep in the room at surgery. What is your response to the recent research showing “red flags” for doing the hip resurfacing procedure on women? The Aussie registry, and the experience in several single-surgeon series show higher failure in women. More recent data indicate that it is more related to SMALL SIZE. Probably the fundamental variable is cross sectional bone mass – the short term failures are usually neck fracture. Resurfacing can be done on women with great success. It is not a gender issue per se. It is a bone mass issue. Anyone with decreased bone mass has a higher risk of FNF Femoral Neck Fracture. What do you think of bone density drugs like fosamax? I like a combination of nutrition, exercise and – in appropriate patients, chemical treatment of osteoporosis. When can a paatient exercise on a recumbent stationary bike after surgery? Recumbent bike – wait one week. Do you allow your patients to engage in downhill snow skiing? I do not discourage any
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