Surgery Related to the Hip

Hip, being the foundation pillar of the human body, allows flexible movements of the whole body; any big injury/fracture or trauma or chronic joint disease related to the hip can make one bedridden. Depending on the intensity of the disease or injury, doctors recommend any of hip resurfacing, hip replacement, prosthesis or conventional hip replacement surgery. The surgical repair of the hip joint is also termed arthroplasty.

Hip Resurfacing, a form of arthroplasty, is an alternative to total hip replacement. Preservation of the hip bone with less bone removal is one advantage of hip resurfacing; another advantage is lower number of hip dislocations with better results for a later revision surgery, if necessary. Hip replacement is a more complex surgical procedure than resurfacing; in such a case, a prosthetic implant replaces the hip joint. Replacement of both the acetabulum and the femoral head is done in total hip replacement surgery.

A patient undergoing conventional Hip Surgery, i.e. posterior surgery, has to take strict precautions, limiting hip motion for almost eight weeks post surgery. In other anterior surgeries, limitations are less. 97% of patients across the world who have undergone hip replacement reported enhanced effects.