Hip Talk at Surfacehippy

July 3, 2025 - MatOrtho® is proud to announce that the ReCerf® Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty (HRA) has received its CE mark, confirming compliance with European safety and performance standards. This important milestone expands access to hip resurfacing, enabling wider availability across the UK, Europe and internationally where CE marking supports market access.
ReCerf is the world's first commercially available ceramic HRA, first approved by Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration in November 2024. Since its initial use in 2018, over 1,600 patients have received the device. Patient-reported outcomes are highly positive, and the revision rate remains very low up to six years.

Read More Here:  https://surfacehippy.info/recerf-receives-its-ce-mark-advancing-access-to-ceramic-hip-resurfacing-across-europe/

Great info, OBX!  I read and reread your tips before and after BOTH of my surgeries and found them VERY helpful.

Update for 2025:

Dr. Gross has moved from Irmo, SC to an office directly across from Richland Memorial/Medical University of South Carolina.

After hip resurfacing is performed either there or at the Midland Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery Surgical Center downtown, if you live within driving distance of Columbia, SC, you can chose to stay at the Residence Inn across from the hospital. 

A home health nurse will visit you at the hotel the evening after your surgery to check vitals and assess pain level.

Dr. Gross will visit the following morning to check on you, answer any questions and release you to go home.  He's a great guy!  My wife and I had breakfast, checked out early, and she drove me home.  No hospital stay!

The staff at Midlands is fantastic!

Home tips to add:
A king-size pillow to keep between the legs for sleeping, not too heavily stuffed.  You want to keep from crossing your legs for the first six weeks.
The Polar Cube ice machine was AWESOME!  We went through several bags of ice from the convenience store and used the "fast ice" feature on our fridge.  Almost burned it up making ice!  Wonderful for keeping any swelling down and just plain feels GOOD.
A raised toilet seat.  Tried going without it for the right hip, since we had 18" high seats.  Bought it for the left hip surgery and did not regret.
I installed some grab bars in our bathrooms since my wife and I had elderly parents and family visiting.  Came in quite handy and helps resale value of the house! 
As OBX stated:  slow and steady wins the race.  It's a marathon, not a sprint.  Follow PT guidance to the letter and your recovery will be successful.  Plenty of time for rock climbing, black diamond skiing, and sliding soccer tackles after a year of good recovery.

BEST OF LUCK on your recovery!

Check out OBXPelican's post https://surfacehippy.info/hiptalk/index.php?topic=1512.0 under "Dr. Gross" section.  Great tips that helped a lot!

Thanks Marvin. I finally was able to get the forum updated and made a lot of changes. Hopefully all for the better!

Thanks, Pat!  Love the new forum format.

Well I finally set my surgery date. September of 2025. I'm going to Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC. Dr McLawhorn will be going the procedure. Does anyone have any advice for things to do before the surgery or immediately after?

Great opportunity for someone...

Dr. Gross is looking for candidates within 200 miles of Columbia, South Carolina, for the Polymotion Hip Resurfacing trials that he is participating in. He’s recently been getting a lot of patient from further a field which is great, but not suitable for the required follow ups. If you or a friend need a hip replacement you can send him an email:

A lot of people seek out Dr Pritchett because of the specific device he implants and their desire to avoid metal implants.  Has anyone chosen to go with Dr Pritchett and requested a Birmingham device?

Thanks