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Dr. Bob Arnot Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Su
Friday, May 23. 2008
Dr.
Bob Arnot's Bilateral BHRs with Dr. Su
Read Dr. Bob's Complete Story by Clicking Here
As a television medical
correspondent for decades on shows like Today,
Dateline and the CBS evening News and author of 12
books on consumer medicine, I have to admit it. I
have never faced a more vexing decision than
choosing between a total hip replacement and hip
resurfacing. The claims and data appeared wildly
contradictory and each surgeon’s take was miles
apart from the others...
...I called great friends in
orthopedics at the leading Harvard hospitals and in
NY, Baltimore and Los Angeles. The word I got was
emphatic. Don’t do the hip resurfacing, it’s a
failed concept. It failed in the 70s and its doomed
to fail again...
...I began reading the entire world
literature. I called doctors in France, England,
Belgium, Germany. The more I read, the less I seemed
to know...
...Then I came upon
Surface Hippy Website and read everything on it...
...I went back over my notes, reread
the literature and it suddenly became incredibly
clear. What did I really want?
...The decision ended up being a no
brainer. Hip resurfacing with two BHRs .
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