HIP REPLACEMENT

When a hip joint is shattered, degenerate, or terminally morbid, a total hip replacement treatment is performed. It provides a pain-free, active life and enables the patient to be mobile the day following surgery.

Other hip diseases, traumas such as neck femur fractures, inter trochanteric fractures, hip dislocations, and related injuries are routinely managed.

Hip replacement surgery, performed in Delhi, is the surgical removal of an arthritic hip joint that is causing pain and its replacement with an artificial joint, often composed of plastic and metal parts. It is typically carried out in cases where no other course of treatment is effective in relieving the patient's pain. An uncomfortable hip joint should be relieved by the operation, making walking easier.

What Happens During Hip Replacement Surgery?

Hip replacement surgery can be carried out conventionally or with the use of a procedure that is deemed minimally invasive. The size of the incision represents the primary distinction between the two techniques.

You are given general anaesthesia during a typical hip replacement procedure in order to relax your muscles and induce a brief, deep sleep. This will keep you from experiencing any discomfort throughout the surgery or from being aware of what's happening. As an alternative, a spinal anaesthetic may be administered to help prevent pain.

The hip joint will then be exposed by the doctor cutting down the side of the hip and moving the muscles attached to the top of the thighbone. Next, a saw is used to cut the thighbone in order to remove the ball component of the joint. Then, either cement or a unique substance that enables the residual bone to adhere to the new joint is used to affix an artificial joint to the thighbone.

The new socket part is then attached to the hipbone after the surgeon has cleaned and prepared the hipbone's surface, including any damaged cartilage. After that, the hip socket is filled with the newly formed ball portion of the thighbone. Any fluid can be drained with the assistance of a drain. After that, the physician heals the incision and reattaches the muscles.

Although the conventional procedure, which involves making one 8 to 10 inch incision along the side of the hip, is still used for the majority of hip replacement surgeries today, some medical professionals have started utilising a minimally invasive technique in recent years. Under the minimally invasive technique, medical professionals create one or two 2 to 5-inch-long incisions. Through these tiny incisions, the identical process as with a typical hip replacement surgery is carried out.

The tiny incisions are believed to decrease blood loss, alleviate post-operative pain, shorten hospital stays, lessen the appearance of scars, and accelerate healing.

HHowever, the surgeon must possess a high level of competence in this procedure. Studies have indicated that if a physician doing a minimally-invasive approach is inexperienced in this technique, the results could be worse than with a traditional hip replacement procedure.

Given that hip replacement surgery can result in some blood loss, you might require a blood transfusion, thus you might want to think about giving blood beforehand.