If this happens your healthcare provider may recommend hip replacement surgery.
Arthritis hip replacement surgery.
Sometimes it is also recommended for younger patients with a severely fractured or improperly growing hip complications of rheumatoid arthritis or other conditions.
Hip replacement surgery is a procedure in which a doctor surgically removes a painful hip joint with arthritis and replaces it with an artificial joint often made from metal and plastic components.
Read on to learn about the available treatment options for hip arthritis.
Hip replacement can also be done with one or two smaller incisions.
Some muscles and other soft tissues such as ligaments are cut so the doctor can get to the hip joint.
Hip pain and stiffness can make walking and other everyday activities a challenge.
Don t have your hip replaced.
If you are considering other types of surgery for your arthritis talk to your doctor.
Researchers analyzed data from 6 168 patients getting their first or primary total hip replacement and 2 063 getting revision surgery between 1993 and 2005.
Hip replacement surgery is a good option for a lot of people but it shouldn t be your first option.
Continue to manage your joint pain and other symptoms with other treatments.
Hip replacement surgery is used primarily to treat osteoarthritis in patients over 55 years of age.
This decision tool is for people considering hip replacement surgery.
Have hip replacement surgery.
The most common reason for having a hip replacement is osteoarthritis.
Hip replacement surgery involves removing parts of the hip joint that are causing problems usually the ball and socket and replacing them with new parts made from metal plastic or ceramic.