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My surgeon excised my bursa when he did the THR ...

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linda38528
linda38528

Just interested if this is this routinely done as I have read several posts re continuing problems with bursa (e?).

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  • barb31596
    barb31596 linda38528

    Posted

    I asked my surgeon if he would excise mine too as I had chronic bursitis. I am glad I did and hope you are too.

    All the Best,

    Barb

     

    • linda38528
      linda38528 barb31596

      Posted

      Thank you Barb. To be honest, I didn't realize he had excised it until I re-read the operative report. From what I have heard in this forum, it sounds as if he may have eliminated a problem and avoided future ones. I hope you are doing well.

      Linda  

  • annie.conway
    annie.conway linda38528

    Posted

    How does one excise the bursa?
    • linda38528
      linda38528 annie.conway

      Posted

      Hi Annie,

      My understanding is that it is a fairly simple surgical removal, but resisted as a stand alone procedure. Perhaps doing it in the course of the THR is done when it is badly inflamed. And my surgeon knew that I had 4 months of intensive therapy using multiple techniques (PT, RMT, acupuncture, deep tissue manipulation, etc., etc., ) to try to manage the pre-op pain.

      There is a fair amount of literature available with a quick Google actually (emedicine medscape was useful and YouTube has a video clip (of course)).

      Cheers

  • renee01952
    renee01952 linda38528

    Posted

    Hi Linda, 

    I am one of the trochanteric bursitis sufferers - goodness, it has put me back so much, it makes me feel like crying at times - 

    I never knew anything about this bursa and might have discussed it with surgeon if I had -

    so, apparently it is not routinely done ....

    big warm hug

    renee

    renee

    • linda38528
      linda38528 renee01952

      Posted

      Working backward now, I understand that the bursa was responsible for one of the elements of bad pain (I was really not able to lie on that side for PT or RMT treatments and trying to roll off that side (and the other for that matter) was pure agony ... almost as bad as the OA pain when bending to retrieve anything low.😨😨😓😫

      So I am very grateful ... just did not appreciate what had been done. 😊 I am so sorry that you are struggling with this and yet you remain one of the most patient and generous of people I have encountered. Xxx

      Can they not remove it for you ...?

      With very warm regard and hugs for one of the forum's sweetest members,

      Linda

    • renee01952
      renee01952 linda38528

      Posted

      I am not sure Linda - this surgeon wants to wait and also with one of those injections -  I had Tens treatement and dry-needling - dry-needling seemed to make it worse - it felt if my torso was detached from lower body so walking became very unstable and painful --

      interesting part (at least for me) is that it is my old new hip that is the bugger - 

      I will make another appointment end of May -- 

      big warm hug

      renee

    • linda38528
      linda38528 renee01952

      Posted

      Well ... as much as medicine is a science, it is the art which solves the more complex cases. And you are sooo worth having an artist working on you.

      I hope the injections work ... time for you to live life in all your glory!

      With 'big warm hugs' ( I have gotten so many lovely ones from you)!

      L

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