This is my story about living with hip dysplasia and recovering from periacetabular osteotomy surgery.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
THR
I had total hip replacement on March1st. I spent one night in the hospital and am home now recovering. The femoral head was very damaged and I don’t think the femoral osteotomy would have helped. I’m hoping recovery is speedy and hoping I can get back to training and CrossFit soon!
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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