Francis Said:

joint infection after total hip replacement surgery?

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If there is indeed infection around the new joint, the prosthesis may have to be removed until the infection clears and you would be placed on massive doses of antibiotics until the infection is gone. I hope this is not the case for you. Once the infection was cleared, a new prosthetic device would be implanted. I hope that, if you do have an infection around the joint, that it will clear without removal of the hardware. Since it has been more than a month since your surgery, I believe that any infection might be considered a "late" occurence (but click on the links below for more).

For more detailed info on joint infection and how it might be treated, see these:
http://totaljoints.info/TOTALHIP_infecti…
http://totaljoints.info/TREAT_HIPINFECT.…

Nina Said:

What is the cost of hip replacement surgery?

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Two of my patients got hip surgery in India through one company called forerunners healthcare.One was a candidate for total hip replacement and the other was a candidate for hip resurgacing.
Both are doing extremely fine since 1 year.

I strongly recommend you to get your hip surgery in India.You will save lots of money.Orthopaedic surgery is very cheap in India.This company is very famous in India that arranges orthopaedic surgery for foreigners in India.They are called the Forerunners Healthcare.I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories.

I have also read that they arrange financing for american and canadian patients as all surgery is not covered by insurance.They also have photos pasted of their International patients.You can checkout their website.The cost savings are incredible.As a doctor i personally believe that your hip surgery can be easily handled in India as the quality of healthcare available here is simply best in the world.The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

My cousin also got her knee replacement surgery for in India through the forerunners healthcare .SHe is more than very happy with the results.She just paid 25% of the amount she was quoted in USA and is all praise for this forerunners healthcare company.hope this helps

http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com

Heidi Said:

Hip replacements for Labradors? Preferably in India. Please help. ?

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Poor baby:( I am sorry but I don't know what kind of treatment is available in India. Maybe you could travel to the U.S. to have it done? Or somewhere closer? 11 years is getting up there for a lab.

Eugene Said:

How to keep spine and head erect.I have hip joint replacement problem since 84 but no surgery till date.?

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Talk to a chiropractor to see if he can help with the alignment. Physical therapist could give you exercises to help with keeping head and spine erect.

Hazel Said:

Does pain near my hip joint while walking mean that there is a big problem?

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Maybe, but you're jumping way ahead of yourself here. First, if this pain has become chronic, you need to get it checked out. Your primary care doc is a good place to start. Plain xrays will probably be the first thing s/he looks at. If the cause of your pain is osteoarthritis, the xrays will likely show that. So do yourself a favor and find out what the problem is before you start worrying about hip replacement. Once you and your doc know what the problem is, you can actively deal with it. Personally I don't think muscle pain is a normal part of "old age". There's nothing normal about pain.

I've had both hips replaced because of severe, advanced osteoarthritis. Ten years elapsed between my first clue that something was wrong (pain when I walked too much or stood too much) and the surgeries that finally fixed the problem. During those 10 years I tried several strategies to keep me on my feet. Those strategies included daily NSAIDS; taking daily doses of what I now consider useless, expensive supplements (specifically glucosamine/condroitin); not walking so much; physical therapy exercises done daily; quitting my job because I couldn't get through the day any more; and finally resorting to using a cane to be able to walk.

Since the surgeries (done several months apart) I am literally back on my feet, can walk miles with no pain, need no pain meds or cane and generally have my life back.

Peter Said:

Would like help on revision hip-replacement surgery?

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Dr. Kaushal Malhan
Joint Replacement / Resurfacing and Sports Surgeon
FRCS (orth) U.K., FRCS (Surg) U.K, Dip. Sports Medicine U.K. MS (orth) Bombay, D (orth) Bombay.


Dr Malhan completed his MS in orthopaedics in one of Asia’s premier institutions - King Edward Memorial Hospital, Bombay. He quickly progressed to become a junior consultant and lecturer in orthopaedic surgery at the same institute. His interest in joint replacement and sports surgery took him overseas where he spent nearly 7 years training in some of the best centers for joint replacement and resurfacing surgery including the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry, U.K.


Dr. Malhan completed the British orthopaedic training programme in the Oswestry-Stoke rotation (West Midlands) and was awarded the FRCS(Orth). Besides extensive training in primary and revision joint replacement surgery he has also worked in the National institute of sports surgery – UK and units dedicated to knee and shoulder arthroscopic surgery. He is well versed with advanced techniques in cartilage and ligament reconstruction and was on the list of doctors for the British Olympic Association. Dr Malhan did his post FRCS (Orth) fellowship in advanced joint surgery at
the Freeman hospital, Newcastle - UK. He is presently a consultant surgeon at the Wockhardt Bone and Joint hospital, Bombay (now called Mumbai) and specializes in knee, hip and shoulder surgery. Here he has established the Regional Hip Resurfacing and Joint Replacement Center for western India. This center has state of the art infrastructure and attracts patients from all over India and overseas.


Dr. Malhan has been in the forefront in the field of high bending total knee replacement and minimally invasive replacement surgery. The first minimally invasive mobile bearing unicompartmental knee replacement in India was done by him.


Dr. Kaushal Malhan pioneered and popularized hip resurfacing surgery with the first ever live surgical demonstration of the Birmingham hip resurfacing done in Bombay (now called Mumbai). This was done in an international conference on resurfacing at the Wockhardt Hospital, Bombay. The conference was presided over by Dr. Dereck McMinn the inventor of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing. Dr. Malhan has performed the highest number of Birmingham hip resurfacings in Bombay. He is also the only surgeon to have publicly demonstrated his skills in Mumbai, time and again. Recently two of his live demonstrations of hip resurfacing surgery were telecast to multiple centers within India, for the benefit of other orthopaedic surgeons. He is also actively involved in training overseas surgeons in hip resurfacing and recently did a live demonstration for surgeons from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. He has also had the privilege to demonstrate this surgery in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country.


Recently, Dr. Malhan was selected from amongst India’s joint replacement and resurfacing surgeons to lecture on hip resurfacing for an audience of North American doctors at a symposium organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII).

Dr. Malhan was invited to speak at the recently organised Asia Pacific Arthoplasty Society meeting in Goa held in the last week of August 2005

Academic Achievements

12Publications (9 in international journals like The Knee, Spine, Arthroscopy)
21 Presentations (18 in international meetings)
2 Dissertations
Demonstrator on faculty in India and abroad – 7
15 international courses and symposia
Guest lectures at meetings –32 (these include lectures IMA and GPA)
Teaches trauma life support in the Wockhardt trauma course which was started by him.
His views and articles have been published in reputed newspapers and magazines like the Times. Express, Free Press journal, Midday etc.

Carla Said:

how many times surgery is needed if a person has his first hip joint replacement at the age of 30 yrs?

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Depends how the 30 year old takes care of himself. If he abuses it sure he will have to go in for another. If he takes care of himself it might last for some time, maybe all his life.
I know some rodeo guys who has all sorts of things replaced, and they were young!