This section of the website contains a number of
Case Studies
of patients who have undergone Hip Resurfacing operations. A brief summary is
provided so that you can choose which of these stories you would like to read in
more detail - click on the picture for the full story or on the Click Here link.
Note:
USA patients - The Cormet Hip Resurfacing
device is now approved by the FDA for general use by appropriately
trained surgeons. Stryker Orthopaedics is our marketing and distribution
partner for this device in the USA, please visit their website to read patient
stories -
www.aboutstryker.com
WILLIAM BLAIR
William, 53 is a pattern maker
manufacturing wooden moulds for concrete casting. His
hobbies are waterskiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing,
air-chairing, snow skiing and hill walking.
To see William's full case study please
click here.
John Timmis
John Timmis, a Police Officer on the Roads Policing Unit
in South Warwickshire, discovered he had arthritis in both hips after a skiing
accident in Val D’Isere in 2003.
Entrepreneur Dan (46) has been Corin’s
distributor in Croatia since having had his left hip
resurfaced in February 2003; his hobbies include more
mundane activities such motorcycling, mountain biking, beach
volley, football and basketball to the more adventurous
scuba diving and diving into the sea from heights!
Yvonne,
full time teaching Deputy Head, from Buckinghamshire had been suffering from
arthritis since her 30s which prevented her from continuing her many hobbies
which include gardening, camping, and dancing.
To see Yvonne's full case study please
click here.
Gill Moon
- Updated three years on
Gill has recently taken part in the
Cycle India 2006 Challenge for the charity Women for Women, a cause
very close to her heart.
Gill, 60, now retired, enjoys gardening, walking her
dog, cycling, swimming, painting and DIY.
www.stevekrikler.co.uk
Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in Coventry,
specialising in lower limb orthopaedic surgery with extensive experience in
hip resurfacing.
Stephen Cox
Stephen, 54, a
retained Fireman, enjoys hunting for treasure in Hertfordshire.
To see Stephen's full case study
please click here.
Kenneth Salter
62, the Managing Director of an
exhibition organising company in Somerset, enjoys
photography, climbing and skiing.
Housewife and grandmother Margaret, 67, from Rainham in
Kent enjoys Ballroom dancing, Latin American dancing and swimming.
To see Margaret's full case study
please click here.
Carol Petty
Carol, 42, a
Medical Secretary at Basildon Hospital, has now been able to resume her keep
fit regime which she had given up prior to her operation because of the
pain.
Valerie, 65,
a retired swimming Teacher from Barnet, Hertfordshire enjoys, cycling,
walking and learning French. Valerie had always been healthy until she was
60 when she started having pain in her hips.
To see Valerie's full case study
please click here.
Pam Vinnicombe
Pam, 59,
full time PA to the CEO of a large engineering company, always enjoyed a
full and active life until a problem started in her left hip in June 1992,
when her hip suddenly gave way whilst walking on holiday.
Quinn, 33, has been a professional dancer for 20 years and is now dancing,
choreographing and teaching her lifetime love in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In
her spare time Quinn enjoys cooking for friends, and making her home look
like the “after” on Trading Spaces.
David, 47, is
a Mechanical Engineer and project manager whose career has centered on the
design of scientific and medical instrumentation. David enjoys bicycling,
canoeing, photography and reading and is married with two daughters.
Neil
Thompson, 53, a retired Detective Superintendent now working as a Security
Operations Manager, found his lifestyle becoming more and more restricted by
arthritis in his left hip. Now, after a Hip Resurfacing replacement
operation, he is not only leading a normal life, but has climbed the Mer de
Glace on Mont Blanc.
Denis, 46,
works for a communications company in Ireland on Network Quality Management
and has a passion for both watching and taking part in sporting activities.
At the age of
47, Alan Kelly reappraised his increasingly sedentary lifestyle, and started
actively exercising and running half marathons – until arthritis in his hip
started limiting his activities. Now he is aiming to get back to a “normal”
lifestyle, thanks to a revolutionary new hip replacement operation.
Tessa
Bosworth, 52, is an Administrative Assistant at the School of Law at
Coventry University. She enjoys Appalachian clog dancing, hill walking and
the theatre. Tessa was suffering from excruciating knee pain and was unable
to walk without crutches.
Malcolm
Adkins, 63, is a retired Principle Lecturer and Senior Course Tutor at
Coventry University, and discovered that both his hips were arthritic after
falling whilst out running.
To see Malcolm's full case study
please click here.
Alan Barnes MBE - Updated four years on
Alan was awarded the MBE in the Birthday Honours list for his 28 years
service in the RNLI.
When Alan
Barnes leaves home on a Sunday morning to go down to the quay in his
hometown of Falmouth, it’s no ordinary boat he is getting ready to take out
in the waters around the coast of Cornwall. Alan is Coxswain of the Falmouth
Lifeboat, the largest boat in the Royal National Lifeboat Institute’s fleet
of offshore rescue vessels.
Catherine Triscott is an account director for a Marketing company, whose
job entails client meetings, travel and long hours. She started noticing
pain and stiffness in her hip, was diagnosed as
having displastic hips and has now had a metal-on-metal Hip Resurfacing
procedure.
To see Catherine's full case study
please click here.
Mike Bailey
Mike Bailey, is a 49-year-old Environmental Manager for an
electricity utility company in Wiltshire. He had a car
accident which badly damaged his hip joint. This eventually
resulted in Mike having to have his hip replaced with a
Cormet Resurfacing Hip.
Dr Testa
is an Italian Orthopaedic Specialist, who had to give up
sports due to arthritis in both hips. After bi-lateral Hip
Resurfacing, he is back to a high activity level and is even
running competitive mini-marathons.
To see Vittorio's full case study
please click here.
ww.stevekrikler.co.uk
Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in
Coventry, specialising in lower limb orthopaedic surgery
with extensive experience in hip resurfacing.
Carol Preston
Carol
Preston is a Practice Manager at a dental surgery in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Rob Hooper is a
University Lecturer whose life was becoming increasingly restricted by
severe arthritis in his hip. At the relatively young age of 57, he made the
decision to opt for Hip Resurfacing. The operation has changed his life.
ww.stevekrikler.co.uk
Consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in
Coventry, specialising in lower limb orthopaedic surgery
with extensive experience in hip resurfacing.
Sara Davis
Sara Davis
is a 32-year-old American musical theatre Actress. Both her lifestyle
and career were put in jeopardy by severe osteoarthritis in her hip. She
has recently undergone Hip Resurfacing.
Nearly 50 years ago, Ann was a student nurse at the Royal
Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, and watched many of the
operations that were then available. Six years ago, when her
own hip began to give her real trouble, she had to face up
to the possibility of a total hip replacement, and the
effects it would have on her busy, very active life.
Roger
Portch is a 56 year old, retired airline Pilot and was an excellent
candidate for metal-on-metal Hip Resurfacing, as he fell into the
younger patient grouping, and enjoyed a very active lifestyle.
