Medical treatment is no longer effective? surgery with a total hip replacement becomes the only reliable and effective treatment.
This operation consists of replacing the hip joint with an artificial prosthesis, called a total hip prosthesis
The main benefit to be expected from this procedure is the reduction or elimination of pain with the recovery of a good quality of walking
WHAT WILL HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY TREAT?
Joint failure caused by osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Hip fractures
Avascular necrosis
Benign and malignant bone tumors
ANESTHESIA, DURATION, HOSPITALIZATION
Hip surgery usually takes between 1 and 2 hours. Under general anesthesia