hip surgery

INTERVIEW: WALKER FLANNERY, M.D. ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON. ABOUT: WE’VE ALL HEARD SOMEBODY SAY “I’VE GOT A BAD HIP” OR MAYBE WE SAY IT ABOUT OURSELVES.  IN ADDITION, COMMONLY, IN HEALTH CARE, THERE’S A LOT OF CHIT CHAT ABOUT HIPS  WE ACHE AS WE AGE AND THEN OUR HIP JOINTS BEGIN TO RAGE EVENTUALLY AT SOME POINT, MANY OF US WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS SOME TYPE OF BONE, JOINT OR HIP ISSUE… ….AND YOU MIGHT BE HURTING SO BAD YOU NEED A KLEENEX OR A TISSUE.  OR MAYBE YOU’RE THE WEEKEND WARRIOR OR ATHLETIC TYPE… AND AFTER MANY YEARS… YOU KNOW THAT NOISE OR PAIN IN YOUR HIP JUST AIN’T RIGHT…  SO WHERE DO YOU GO….FOR A HIP THAT IS SCREAMING NO?  IT’S A FIELD OF CHOICES… BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING AN ORGANIZATION OF SURGEONS FOR SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS A HIP REPLACEMENT…  YOU WILL WANT TO CHOOSE A FACILITY THAT HAS ITS PROCESSES AND PEOPLE ``OPERATING” LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE.