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<blockquote data-quote="Lothlorien" data-source="post: 90697" data-attributes="member: 1024"><p>Ortho is doing the right thing. Ditto what Terry said. It's all got a lot to do with the degeneration process. Once it starts, it will progress over time. You said you had it at 24 in your knees. Is it possible that you had a congenital disorder and didn't know. I have a friend who is 38 and has needed hip replacement for years, but is trying to hold off until this new procedure becomes more common, since only a few surgeon are doing it now. It's just the femoral ball and neck, without the stem. It makes it easier for revision when she's older. It was a procedure done in the 70's for young people, but failed, because the technology was poor. They are using much better metals and plastics now and supposedly this is a better procedure for younger people. </p><p></p><p>It's being done at a hospital in Hackensack, NJ, but the guy who is doing it, doesn't take most insurances, if any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lothlorien, post: 90697, member: 1024"] Ortho is doing the right thing. Ditto what Terry said. It's all got a lot to do with the degeneration process. Once it starts, it will progress over time. You said you had it at 24 in your knees. Is it possible that you had a congenital disorder and didn't know. I have a friend who is 38 and has needed hip replacement for years, but is trying to hold off until this new procedure becomes more common, since only a few surgeon are doing it now. It's just the femoral ball and neck, without the stem. It makes it easier for revision when she's older. It was a procedure done in the 70's for young people, but failed, because the technology was poor. They are using much better metals and plastics now and supposedly this is a better procedure for younger people. It's being done at a hospital in Hackensack, NJ, but the guy who is doing it, doesn't take most insurances, if any. [/QUOTE]
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