hello all its me nicole again so had a followup with my surgeon and he said when i got my xrays the results came back normal but when he took a much closer look at the stem part the bottom of the stem hasnt grown into the bone so that would make it loose. so we are doing a ct scan to rule anything worse out. also the cap in my socket is too big but thats the smallest they have and my hip socket is too shallow to support it so it overlaps and ill always be at high risk of dislocation as its already happened 2 times and i have shallow sockets because of my hip dysplasia so 2 more weeks till i find out more on the hip as for the left knee he cleaned it out and debridement of the left knee and said i have grade 3 changes in the patella so after ct scan we will see what happens next
the cap in my socket is too big but thats the smallest they have and my hip socket is too shallow to support it so it overlaps and ill always be at high risk of dislocation
i am curious about this - wouldn’t they know this before the operation and inform you? the “smallest size they have” is troubling to me. I mean, does that mean in their inventory at the time of surgery? why did they not get a better size from somewhere?just a bit puzzling to me.
It sounds that they thought what they had would fit and they messed up a bit. They may have been able to use a different manufacturer.
ok so i had my hip replaced in 2017 they realized the implant was too big so had the revision in 2018 just the head and socket to the smallest they had but my hip socket is shallow and the implant overlaps its hard to explain and even im confused by it and even i dont understand it so all this pain im having is because of the socket i am getting a second opinion as well cause all this seems weird to me
They are now using 3D printed implant which is patient specific I understand.