“How Long Will the Hip Replacement Last?” featuring Dr. Sculco (ArthritisMD)
by Techdude on Friday, August 6th, 2010 | 2 Comments
“About 90% of patients are going to be doing well with that implant at 20 years.” Doctor Thomas P. Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, notes how hip replacements last much longer than patients expect them to.
i had a hip replacement on 9-9-99 and am still doing well. i was born with what was called congenital dislocation and was put through several surgeries as a child, i had my son in may of 94 and began to have serious problems walking as the hip seemed to buckle under pressure, so the option i had was to have a hip replacement. i have a hip of a 6 year old i am 37 years of age now. but i am doing very well. my back is crooked due to the way i was walking but other then that all is fine.
i had a experimental hip replacement , and it was only good for one day. after they put it in they said that my frame was to big for the little hip!! oops they said were sorry.. and its a half inch shorter than the other. i have walked on it for almost twenty years now. due to health reasons i cannot have another hip replacement..