Total Hip Replacement – A Patient Guide

What is Hip Replacement?

1. Total hip replacement is a surgical procedure with remarkable success and patient satisfaction rate.

2. It is performed on patients with arthritis of hip joint resulting from several causes like ageing wear and tear, avascular necrosis of the hip ball due to loss of blood supply, rheumatoid arthritis, post-injury arthritis or hip fracture.

Who would need a total hip replacement?

1.Do you have constant pain at your hip joint?

2.Do you limp at your hip while walking?

3.Do you feel your affected leg to be shortened?

4.Is your gait changed due to hip pain or leg shortening?

If answers to most of the following mentioned

questions are YES, then probably hip

replacement is need!

Who would need a total hip replacement?

1. Does the pain travel from front of your hip to front of the thigh and even up to the knee?

2. Have you been on long term steroid use for any disease?

3. Has your hip pain started following any previous hip injury or fracture?

If YES, then, probably it's time to consult your

orthopedic doctor and get your hip joint

checked!

Hip Replacement Surgery

Hip replacement is a surgery with high success rate. The result is achieved by a teamwork of highly trained professionals.

Patient must be made aware of the advantages of the procedure as well as the precautions to be taken after surgery.

Check out the key goals of hip replacement surgery .

Goals of Hip Replacement Surgery

Following are the goals to be achieved from a successful hip replacement surgery:

1.Pain relief – at rest as well as during all activities.

2.Improved hip joint movement and function.

3.Correction of any leg length discrepancy.

4.Improved strength of the muscle acting around the hip.

5.Improved gait pattern and resumption to active normal lifestyle.

Goals of Hip Replacement Surgery

Precautions to be taken for hip replacement are as following:

Avoid sitting on the floor or sitting in crossed legged fashion.

Avoid indulging in high-energy activities like running, jumping or jogging.

Avoid accidental falls.

Cycling, swimming and brisk walking can be carried out after around 3 months of surgery, depending on individual recovery and limitations.

How safe is total hip replacement surgery?

People all over the world have been experiencing the success of THR. It’s totally a safe procedure.

Added to the conventional medical treatments, the science has always invented much and made THR even better than ever.

The advanced THR procedure is accurate and done almost without any risks while or after the operation.

Recovery after Hip Replacement

With new innovations in surgical techniques, invention of improved materials and designs of hip implants, nowadays, Hip replacement has become very safe procedure.

The patient starts walking on a same day of procedure within few hours.

Stair climbing and stick walking can be carried out on 3rd or 4th operative day.

Discharge to the home on 4th or 5th day of surgery.

Very short and pain-free physiotherapy period of 2 to 3 weeks duration.

Resumption of active daily life and regular duties in 4 to 6 weeks time.

Long lasting results and happy pain-free years added to life.

How long will THR usually last for?

The hip implants in as many as 85% cases will last for approximately 20 years or more. It is twice as much as the time it lasted in the 1970s for.

The innovation in surgical technologies, techniques and hip implants has yet much to offer in near future.

Thank You!!!

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