Nine months after career-saving hip resurfacing surgery, Andy Murray, 32 years of age, admits he wished he had done the operation sooner as it “would have saved bit of pain and a bit of time”.
After the highs of 2016 saw him win a second Wimbledon title, a second Olympic gold medal and finish the year as the No 1 player in the world, it went downhill the following year.
He missed the second half of the 2017 season due to his long-standing hip injury.
He finally had the “Birmingham hip” surgery at the end of January this year (2019). After making a tentative start to singles in August this year (2019), it finally clicked for Murray during the European Open (October 2019) as he won his first title since March 2017.
A standard hip replacement replaces the acetabulum (hip socket) and the top section of the femur (thigh bone). Hip Resurfacing or “bone conserving” procedure replaces the acetabulum (hip socket) in the same way but resurfaces the femoral head (ball). This means the femoral head has some or very little bone removed and essentially has a cap over the worn bone.
Resurfacing procedures may be indicated in the young patient (usually less than 55 years) who has osteoarthritis and wishes to maintain an active lifestyle. It is a more conservative and less traumatic alternative to a Total Hip Replacement
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