访谈录 Interview 2007-01-04&06 布什的人工屁股

This morning in Health Watch, artificial hips², former President George Bush is resting at the NYU clinic after a successful surgery to have his right hip¹ replaced. He had his other hip replaced there 7 years ago. Dr. Joseph Zuckerman is chairman of the Department of Orthopedics surgery at New York University Hospital for joint³ diseases. Good morning.

Good morning, Julie.

Alright. Former president George Bush, he's 82 years old. Early word is that he is recovering well. Dose age matter when you're having this type of surgery done?

Age is a factor, but it's not the most important factor. You have to look at age in different ways, his chronological⁴ age. Your age, based upon the year you were born . My age I'm gonna be 55, but there is also physiological⁵ age. Sometime you can have somebody in their eighties who is physically⁶ fit, doesn't have any medical problems, no high blood pressure or heart disease, and they really physiologically⁷ much younger. On the other hand, you can have a 55-year-old who has heart disease, kidney problems, lung problems, has been a smoker⁸ that at really physiologically is much older.

So in that case, the eighty-year-old who's healthy would be a better candidate who's gonna recover faster?

Yes. I think that's generally true.

Alright. Show us what you brought in today cause this is an artificial hip. How does that get put into a patience's body? What is it made of?

The hip is a ball and socket⁹ joint and the goal of a hip replacement¹⁰ surgery is to replace the worn-out ball and socket with artificial components¹¹. And hip replacement has been around for 40 years. And they've developed into, probably, the state of the art technology, now. And basically, hip replacements¹² are comfortable. Although this example of hip replacement was not the one necessarily that President Bush received. It's similar in type and format¹³. So, hip replacements consist of replacing the socket with a metal shell like this.

Yeah.

Right, so, it's a shell that's hemispherical, the bone in the person is prepared, you know with different instruments. And then, this shell, this metal shell is inserted directly into the bone. And usually we'll hold the shell in place, sometime you can increase the security of it with some screws.

and show us the long piece that you are holding.

Well, this piece here goes down the thigh¹⁴ bone right, the thigh bone is basically, you know, prepared by, reaming out or cutting out the central portion. And this is now placed into the bone. Sometimes it's segmented to place .

Alright. We've only got 30 seconds left. Having said all this about 200,000 Americans get this done every year. It takes about an hour and a half to 2 hours. What's the recovery process like?

Good. The recovery process is a fairly quick one. Patients are up sometimes the same day. Usually the day after surgery, they start their rehabilitation¹⁵ program. After 3, 4 or 5 days in the hospital, they'll be discharged. They continue their rehabilitation program at home. And usually, (for how many months) well. Usually I'd say by the time that 6 weeks after the surgery they (are) getting around pretty well. Right, and it within 2 or 3 months they're finished.

Dr. Joseph Zuckerman. Thank you so much for explain that to us.

You're welcome, Julie.
And for more on hip replacement and the latest procedures, go to our partner in health coverage¹⁶ webmd.com and search hip replacement.

1 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

2 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 chronological   

adj.按年月顺序排列的，年代学的

参考例句：

• The paintings are exhibited in chronological sequence.这些画是按创作的时间顺序展出的。
• Give me the dates in chronological order.把日期按年月顺序给我。

5 physiological   

adj.生理学的，生理学上的

参考例句：

• He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

7 physiologically   

ad.生理上，在生理学上

参考例句：

• Therefore, the liver and gallbladder cannot be completely separated physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上不能完全分离。
• Therefore, the liver and gallbladder are closely related physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上紧密联系。

8 smoker   

n.吸烟者，吸烟车厢，吸烟室

参考例句：

• His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
• He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。

9 socket   

n.窝，穴，孔，插座，插口

参考例句：

• He put the electric plug into the socket.他把电插头插入插座。
• The battery charger plugs into any mains socket.这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座。

10 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

11 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

12 replacements   

n.代替( replacement的名词复数 )；替换的人[物]；替代品；归还

参考例句：

• They infiltrated behind the lines so as to annoy the emery replacements. 他们渗透敌后以便骚扰敌军的调度。 来自辞典例句
• For oil replacements, cheap suddenly looks less of a problem. 对于石油的替代品来说，价格变得无足轻重了。 来自互联网

13 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

14 thigh   

n.大腿；股骨

参考例句：

• He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。

15 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

16 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。