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How old is your hip?

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cathie38426
cathie38426

So many young people on this site worry

about how long their replacement hips will last that I wonder

if they learn the age of some hips it will encourage

them to take the plunge. I have a relative whose hip

lasted over 25 years, and that is from the beginning

of hip replacements. Now I think then can last even

longer.

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  • sassybees
    sassybees cathie38426

    Posted

    My hip is 22 days old smile
    • shirley17649
      shirley17649 sassybees

      Posted

      Hi Sassybees,

      Just saw your hip is 22 days old !  Like it!  I walked my furthest yet today on Day 16 post-op (to the pharmacist). This afternoon I am off to visit Motherinlaw in hospital. I just hope I can hobble up the long corridors.

      How are you today? Any better?

  • diannec
    diannec cathie38426

    Posted

    Mine said he had a patient with a 35 year one again older tech and mats
  • Joycy
    Joycy cathie38426

    Posted

    Hi Cathie, my surgeon explained that, like a car's engine, parts might need replacing over time - that's where the 'life' of a replacement hip varies, but he said that its a much easier procedure to replace parts, e.g, the cup, than a total replacement.   He also said, like many of you have already explained, that it largely depends on how you use your new hip and that this shouldn't deter you as it's quite straightforward to replace bits than the original procedure.  He also said that the strength of the surrounding muscles is what will determine wear on the new hip, therefore it's best to continue physio and an other for, of exercise to build and maintain glutes and quads in particular.   

    Hope me this helps? 

    By by the way, I'm 55 years old and 7! Weeks post first LTHR on Monday.  

    Jo xx

    • karen71957
      karen71957 Joycy

      Posted

      I am 4 months post op and my car is 18 years old so hear is hoping. 
  • karen71957
    karen71957 cathie38426

    Posted

    When I had mine done in May my surgeon did a cementless one. Has anybody else had one as my surgeon said this will last longer. I am 56. 
    • cathie38426
      cathie38426 karen71957

      Posted

      My 1st was cementless and is 18months old, my spring

      hip. My 2nd will be cementless and is scheduled to

      arrive next Monday, my autumn hip! I will see what

      my 'man' says. Most hip surgeons seem to be men,

      is strength needed, I wonder.

    • diannec
      diannec karen71957

      Posted

      Common in younger patients, younger patients are more likly to need a replacemt at some point if it's cemented they have to take more natural bone away when they replace. Mine is un cemented as well. But I work for a well known older people's charity most of my clients have had something removed, repaired or replaced and the rest can't remember , have there seen lots of people witj hip replacement most older ones r cemented
    • cathie38426
      cathie38426 diannec

      Posted

      It sounded like a matter of surgeons' pride in his

      job in my case, because

      when I asked glue or no glue he said

      'of course uncemented'. As I was77 then I presume

      he must always do uncemented. I read that

      uncemented took  longer for the body to bond to,

      and maybe that is why he's a 'just walk' consultant.

       

    • shirley17649
      shirley17649 karen71957

      Posted

      Hi Karen,

      Yes, mine is cementless. The bone grows around the new one to make a tight fit.I gather that has been better than a "glued-in one" in the experience of my surgeon. I still don't know whether mine is metal on ceramic or metal on metal. I will ask when I go for my post-op check.

       

    • maggie93798
      maggie93798 cathie38426

      Posted

      My consultant is a non cemented man whenever possible, whatever age his patient, says as the metal in the implant is slightly porous enabling the bone to grow into it, makes it firmer in the long run
    • karen71957
      karen71957 shirley17649

      Posted

      Hi Shirley, mine is ceramic and plastic. Hope you are OK and getting better. 
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