Doctor says it's what he'll be using. Other than what is found on internet (you keyboard commando know who you iz ), anyone here with personal or spousal experience?

TIA

Not familiar with the Stryker models, but I have 2 Stryker's with ceramic head and socket.

Only complaint in over 13 years is I go through short spells of squeaking with certain movements.

Not too bad considering I am very active being a plumber.


Edit to add: Just Googled Stryker Mako and found that it was a robotic unit, never heard of that

Sounds like the Mako system allows a better installation of the cup and ball. I should be getting cut I. The morning of the surgery and "forced" to walk (using a walker) that evening.

I hope Nurse Ratched will have that night off.

I wonder if that was what one of my customers had done. When I got there, she apologized for taking too long to get to the door. She said she had just had her hip replaced the day before!

I had my right hip replaced in Nov 2015. Anterior method, no idea what the model name of the actual joint is.

I had mine early in the morning and went home that afternoon. The idea is to be weight bearing almost immediately. My wife is a PT and does rehab on a bunch of the doc's patients so they were comfortable letting me go home that day.

Some insurance requires an overnight stay for certain patients due to age mostly I believe. Pretty sure Medicare requires an overnight.

Anyway, you will be up and walking with the walker and and/or a cane as soon as possible. Saw an interview with Nick Saban and he said he went right to the cane and he was back in his office 2 days later. But he is kind of driven. My experience was 4 pretty miserable days, used the walker for about a week or 10 days, and then went with the cane. Was doing PT and walking as much as I could bear.

Doctor warned me to stay up on the pain meds and I did, until about day 8 or 9. Tried to get off the hard stuff and regretted it. Used tramadol and got back on the hard stuff for a few more days.

Compared to the back surgery I had 13 months prior I found the recovery to be a bit more difficult with the hip. The first few days after the back they actually allow you to rest more. You hurt about the same but you aren't being forced to walk around as much. With the hip you need to be weight bearing and walking a pretty good amount and it seems tougher I guess.

I also used the cane a bit longer than necessary just because when people see you walking with a cane they tend to give you a little more room and space. Made it just a bit easier to get around and not have to worry about getting bumped into or jostled by somebody out in public.

I don't think my doc uses that Stryker system, but it sounds like what they did on my younger brother in Denver. He had a small incision on the opposite hip so they could anchor something, I'll have to check with him to see if he knows. His replacement and recovery seemed to go a bit easier for him than mine did, for whatever thats worth.

Good luck with your surgery, I'm betting you will be very glad you had it done about 2 weeks after.

Just texted my brother. His doc did use that system for his replacement.

I think I have posted before, but the philosophy of the doc in Denver was much different than mine here in Memphis. I'm 7 years older than my brother so that may have had something to do with it as well.

I went to his first follow up appt after the surgery and they were all in favor of him resuming all of his activities as soon as he could. Skiing, adult baseball and softball, basically anything he was doing before the surgery after just a few months.

My doc did not want me to play baseball, run or ski. Falling down on the new hip would be more likely to dislocate it or break something and then they would have to go back in and re-do it. Didn't want me to wear it out too soon either.

The doc in Denver was all for resuming life as before (with the noted precautions that they give you after the surgery) and said if he messed it up again they would simply fix him up again.

Not sure if the robotic assist method had anything to do with those differences but my brother is very happy with his outcome, as was I.

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Originally posted by Sigfan Roy:

Good luck with your surgery, I'm betting you will be very glad you had it done about 2 weeks after.

My wife is probably looking forward to it more than I.

I assisted on robotic hips and the outcomes are generally excellent. A key difference is if using an anterior approach, there are fewer activity limitations and you tend to recover faster. The old posterior approach is easier from an operating standpoint but leaves you with more limitations. Unless your surgeon is old school still doing posteriors, most people these days will get an anterior. There are some people based on a number of factors that are not good candidates for anterior approach as well

It will be anterior

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Doctor says it's what he'll be using. Other than what is found on internet (you keyboard commando know who you iz ), anyone here with personal or spousal experience?

TIA

It's a 3-D robotic system that allows precise preoperative planning and guidance, hence greater precision in sizing and placing a prosthetic, as opposed to 2-D radiographs, where frankly there's some guessing. Your surgeon is using state-of-the-art, so that would make me confident. And yes, likely an anterior approach - fewer post-op complications, better outcome. Our orthopedic surgeons in our teaching hospitals at CHI and UNMC in Nebraska use it, and like it a lot. I've used Stryker CT imaging for other surgeries, and they are on the forefront of this type of technology. Sounds like you're in good hands.

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Originally posted by Doc H.:

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Doctor says it's what he'll be using. Other than what is found on internet (you keyboard commando know who you iz ), anyone here with personal or spousal experience?

TIA

It's a 3-D robotic system that allows precise preoperative planning and guidance, hence greater precision in sizing and placing a prosthetic, as opposed to 2-D radiographs, where frankly there's some guessing. Your surgeon is using state-of-the-art, so that would make me confident. And yes, likely an anterior approach - fewer post-op complications, better outcome. Our orthopedic surgeons in our teaching hospitals at CHI and UNMC in Nebraska use it, and like it a lot. I've used Stryker CT imaging for other surgeries, and they are on the forefront of this type of technology. Sounds like you're in good hands.

Thank you doc, this is comforting.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:

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Originally posted by Doc H.:

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Doctor says it's what he'll be using. Other than what is found on internet (you keyboard commando know who you iz ), anyone here with personal or spousal experience?

TIA

It's a 3-D robotic system that allows precise preoperative planning and guidance, hence greater precision in sizing and placing a prosthetic, as opposed to 2-D radiographs, where frankly there's some guessing. Your surgeon is using state-of-the-art, so that would make me confident. And yes, likely an anterior approach - fewer post-op complications, better outcome. Our orthopedic surgeons in our teaching hospitals at CHI and UNMC in Nebraska use it, and like it a lot. I've used Stryker CT imaging for other surgeries, and they are on the forefront of this type of technology. Sounds like you're in good hands.

Thank you doc, this is comforting.

You bet! We've come a long way from the days of hammer & drill - hoping you'll be up and around in no time.

Timely thread for me, went in two weeks ago for hip pain and now I'm getting a new one too.
Told it was going to be the anterior method, but that's all I know.
Jumping through the hoops now to get the proper approvals/prechecks done.
Hope to get it done soon as to be up and running for spring.

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Originally posted by DLC762:
Timely thread for me, went in two weeks ago for hip pain and now I'm getting a new one too.
Told it was going to be the anterior method, but that's all I know.
Jumping through the hoops now to get the proper approvals/prechecks done.
Hope to get it done soon as to be up and running for spring.

Be ready to shell out a few bucks for the dental work.