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Hip Replacement Surgery

Hip Replacement

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. It usually is done when all other treatment options have failed to provide adequate pain relief. The procedure should relieve a painful hip joint, making walking easier. This surgery may be a choice after a hip fracture or for severe pain because of arthritis.

Various types of arthritis may affect the hip joint:

Osteoarthritis:

This is a degenerative joint disease that affects mostly middle-aged and older adults. It may cause the breakdown of joint cartilage and adjacent bone in the hips.

Rheumatoid arthritis:

This type of arthritis causes inflammation of the synovial lining of the joint. It causes extra synovial fluid. It may lead to severe pain and stiffness.

Traumatic arthritis:

This is arthritis is caused by an injury. It may also damage the hip cartilage.

Why might I need hip replacement surgery?

Hip Replacement Surgery is a treatment for pain and disability in the hip. Osteoarthritis is the most common reason for hip replacement surgery.

Osteoarthritis causes loss of joint cartilage in the hip. Damage to the cartilage and bones limits movement and may cause pain. People with severe pain from degenerative joint disease may not be able to do normal activities that involve bending at the hip. These activities include walking and sitting.

Hip replacement may also be used to treat certain hip fractures. A fracture is an injury often from a fall. Pain from a fracture is severe. Walking or even moving the leg causes pain.

How Is the New Hip Constructed?

The replacement hip is made up of four components:

• A metal socket
• A liner to help the ball move easily within the socket
• A metal or ceramic ball to replace the femoral head
• A metal rod used to stabilize the thigh bone to which the ball is attached

There are different options of joint prosthesis. Most surgeons use uncemented joint prosthesis, which allows bone to grow into the prosthesis over time.

Recovery Tips from Hip Surgery

The success of your surgery will depend in large measure on how well you follow your orthopedic surgeon's instructions regarding home care during the first few weeks after surgery.

Wound Care

You may have stitches or staples running along your wound or a suture beneath your skin. The stitches or staples will be removed approximately 2 weeks after surgery.

Avoid getting the wound wet until it has thoroughly sealed and dried. You may continue to bandage the wound to prevent irritation from clothing or support stockings.

Diet

Some loss of appetite is common for several weeks after surgery. A balanced diet, often with an iron supplement, is important to promote proper tissue healing and restore muscle strength. Be sure to drink plenty of fluids.

Activity

Exercise is a critical component of home care, particularly during the first few weeks after surgery. You should be able to resume most normal light activities of daily living within 3 to 6 weeks following surgery. Some discomfort with activity and at night is common for several weeks.

Your activity program should include:

• A graduated walking program to slowly increase your mobility, initially in your home and later outside
• Resuming other normal household activities, such as sitting, standing, and climbing stairs
• Specific exercises several times a day to restore movement and strengthen your hip. You probably will be able to perform the exercises without help, but you may have a physical therapist help you at home or in a therapy center the first few weeks after surgery

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Jyoti Nursing home

Road No 4, Opposite SBI Bank, Near Police Station,

Sikar Road, Vishwakarma Industrial Area, Murlipura,

Jaipur, Rajasthan – 302013, India.

Dr. J. P. Maheshwari

Contact On: 9314404024

Author Dr. Jaya Maheshwari is a prominent, dignified- General and Laproscopic surgeon in Jaipur. With Mbbs, she holds certification course of Laproscopic Surgery from New Delhi.