My name is Mary Lynne. And I'm going to be having PAO surgery with Dr. Millis in June. I have enjoyed reading your blog. Have you had to have surgery on your other hip too?
My left hip seems to be good. It wasn't as bad as the right one. No pain... Dr Millis is wonderful.... you will be in great hands!! I emailed him the day I did the princess 1/2...and sure enough within a few hours he had responded... I will see him this July... just for x-rays and follow-up... Where will you have the surgery?
I am a 40 year old mother of 2 boys - Brady and Reilly. I have a wonderful husband TJ. I was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at age 28 and had a scope done to repair a torn labrum. After two pregnancies and lots of hip pain - I had RPAO on 1/25/08 with Dr. Millis in Boston.
"Periacetabular" means around the acetabulum. "Osteotomy" means to cut bone. Simply put, the PAO cuts the bone around the acetabulum that joins the acetabulum to the pelvis. Once the acetabulum is detached from the rest of the pelvis by a series of carefully controlled cuts, it is rotated to a position of ideal coverage as dictated by the specific acetabulum's unique anatomy.
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My name is Mary Lynne. And I'm going to be having PAO surgery with Dr. Millis in June. I have enjoyed reading your blog. Have you had to have surgery on your other hip too?
My left hip seems to be good. It wasn't as bad as the right one. No pain...
Dr Millis is wonderful.... you will be in great hands!! I emailed him the day I did the princess 1/2...and sure enough within a few hours he had responded... I will see him this July... just for x-rays and follow-up...
Where will you have the surgery?
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