Frequently Asked Questions:

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36. What is the importance of injections with Hyaluronic acid in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip?
37. Where is the pain localised when I suffer form hip osteoarthritis?
38. What treatment is possible before a total hip replacement?
39. What means the sign of Trendelenburg ?
40. Can both hips be operated at the same time?
46. When can I drive a car?
48. How long can I wait before surgery?
49. How many times can one perform revision surgery?
50. What do I have to take with me to the hospital?
52. Is autologous blood transfusion done?
55. Do you provide any agreement and insurance for surgery between your clinic and me?
56. What is the warranty after the operation? For example if I have a complication after a month or an infection
    during the operation or I’ll have continuous pain. What will you do in such cases, what is your
    responsibility and liability?
57. Now, before surgery, I am using a crutch to walk, my leg bends badly. Can it influence the operation
    somehow?
58. Will you make anaesthesia analysis before operation?
59. Do you have access to the Internet in the hospital for patients?
60. If the operation is possible, I would like to stay at the hospital as long as it takes for all the post-operation
    processes to be completed, and leave the hospital on my crutch and not in a wheel-chair.
61. What happens when the installed hip wears? What will I have to do?
63. Do people who are excellent skiers return to the level of excellence that they were used to, and in what time
    length (from your knowledge and experience with such people)?
64. What kind of physical therapy do you recommend for your resurfacing patients and for how long?
66. Are there any known risk factors for fracture?
67. Are there any known risk factors for avascular necrosis (AVN) after hip resurfacing?
69. What insurances have ever paid surgery?
70. Which nationalities had their surgery done at your clinic ? How many patients and from what country?
71. Which X-rays are needed for evaluation ? And how can the X-rays be sent?
72. Are there any special precautions to be made with respect to dental care for patients with hip implants?
 

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