BIKINI HIP REPLACEMENT is the story of one woman's recovery from two hip surgeries. After a year of pain, Kathy Panzella was told she needed both hips replaced. This reader friendly book is written with wit, candor, and empathy for the prospective hip patient. It offers a partial history of hip replacement, as well as useful tips for before and after surgery, at home and in the hospital, and describes a new revolutionary minimally-invasive surgical procedure called SuperPATH. One day the SuperPATH technique will become the standard of care for hip replacement procedures. In all my years as an orthopedic surgeon, I have never seen a surgical technique that had such a dramatically positive effect on patient recovery and minimization of post-operative pain. I have patients walking within 3 hours after their operations and leaving the hospital in less than 24 hours. Dr. Robert Atkenson, M.D. This book is an excellent resource for patients who are scheduled for or are considering hip replacement surgery... it addresses numerous issues the patient needs to consider but may not ask their surgeon about during the clinic visits. Dr. Spencer Frink, M.D