Monday, 6 July 2009

X-Ray Timeline

Here are some of the x-rays taken throughout my injury;

1/ Left hip pre any surgery


2/ Cross table view pre surgery




3/ Left Hip 6 Weeks Post Op From Open Surgery To Treat - FAI/Labral Tears/Bursitis
The only thing which is really evident on the x-rays is the shaving of the Femoral Head on the left side as you look at the x-ray. Most of the bone which was cut away was around the back of the head and can be seen better in the cross table view.

You can also see the two screws which are holding the Greater Trocanter in place after it was cut off (you can see where they cut in the x-ray as a thin white line) whilst preserving the blood supply to the hip to allow the surgeon to dislocate the hip.

4/ Cross Table View Same Date As Above


5/ Left Hip 1 Year & 1 Week Post Op From Open Surgery (as above)


6/ Cross Table View Same Date As Above



1 comment:

Jess said...

I thought that x-ray looked different...the shape of the area of removed bone is different (or maybe the xray was taken on a different angle??).
Is there any concern of bone growing back?? Something I haven't asked yet but would be interested to know what stops it from growing back!