Comments: This was the single most incredible surgical experience of my life, and is a perfect demonstration of what happens when you combine a world-class surgeon with truly state-of-the-art technology. I had my right hip replaced by Dr. Davidovitch two weeks ago, and the results have defied not only anything that I have previously experienced, but anything I could have imagined. In fact, while I am going to describe below what happened with me, I need to preface it with caveat that "your results may differ"...because my results have been so remarkable that it's difficult for me to believe that anyone could do any better.
After arriving at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital in the morning and getting prepped for surgery, I walked into the OR at 11:00 am. At 4:30 pm, I walked out of the hospital on my own two feet with a walker, and went across the street for a late lunch at a restaurant. At home, I used the walker for three or four days, switched to a cane for another couple of days, and one week from the surgery I was walking. See the attached video for proof.
Today is two weeks out, and I am walking around unassisted, typically doing six to ten blocks in the neighborhood, with no problem resuming my usual business agenda of meetings, lunches, taxis, etc. (In full disclosure, I am overweight and sedentary, so my "usual" does not include working out, skiing, or anything that even hints at exercise or exertion :-)
Throughout this entire process, Dr. Davidovitch and his team have been consummate professionals. From the original assessment, through meeting with me prior to surgery, to the post surgical follow-up from his highly skilled practice team, to calling me personally to follow up, there is literally nothing that could have been done better. Nothing.
And just to round out the accolades, the entire process and staff at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital were equally superb. Everyone was beyond gracious, caring, and professional, from the anesthesiologist who spent significant time with me understanding my particular (unusual) historical reaction to sedation, to the nurses, NPs, PAs, occupational therapists, and aides throughout the facility, my experience displayed the epitome of current, modern, medicine.
Kudos to Dr. Roy Davidovitch, his team at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, the Stryker Mako robotic operating arm, and all of the physicians, engineers and inventors who have taken what was historically a difficult, fraught, dangerous, procedure and made it into...a nothingburger :-). Seriously if you are even *thinking* about a total hip replacement, be sure to see Dr. Davidovitch.
After arriving at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital in the morning and getting prepped for surgery, I walked into the OR at 11:00 am. At 4:30 pm, I walked out of the hospital on my own two feet with a walker, and went across the street for a late lunch at a restaurant. At home, I used the walker for three or four days, switched to a cane for another couple of days, and one week from the surgery I was walking. See the attached video for proof.
Today is two weeks out, and I am walking around unassisted, typically doing six to ten blocks in the neighborhood, with no problem resuming my usual business agenda of meetings, lunches, taxis, etc. (In full disclosure, I am overweight and sedentary, so my "usual" does not include working out, skiing, or anything that even hints at exercise or exertion :-)
Throughout this entire process, Dr. Davidovitch and his team have been consummate professionals. From the original assessment, through meeting with me prior to surgery, to the post surgical follow-up from his highly skilled practice team, to calling me personally to follow up, there is literally nothing that could have been done better. Nothing.
And just to round out the accolades, the entire process and staff at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital were equally superb. Everyone was beyond gracious, caring, and professional, from the anesthesiologist who spent significant time with me understanding my particular (unusual) historical reaction to sedation, to the nurses, NPs, PAs, occupational therapists, and aides throughout the facility, my experience displayed the epitome of current, modern, medicine.
Kudos to Dr. Roy Davidovitch, his team at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, the Stryker Mako robotic operating arm, and all of the physicians, engineers and inventors who have taken what was historically a difficult, fraught, dangerous, procedure and made it into...a nothingburger :-). Seriously if you are even *thinking* about a total hip replacement, be sure to see Dr. Davidovitch.