Hip surgery
Hip joint being one of the most mobile and weight bearing
joints of the body, is subjected to many internal disturbances. Hip problems
once belonged to only older generations but lately many surgeons are being
consulted by younger individuals about general hip problems they encounter in
their day to day life.
Hip surgery is a simple solution for relieving the hip joint
of pain and aligning it in such a way that the ball and socket part of the
joint does not get fractioned and it is aligned in a well manner. Taking up a
hip replacement is a challenge for the patient and the doctor due to its after
effects. Hence most people these days opt for hip replacement alternatives.
Common ailments
requiring a surgery
- Hip injuries
- Early osteoarthritis
- Avascular necrosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteonecrosis
- Hip bursitis
- Complicated hip fractures e.g. fracture of neck of femur.
Why an alternative to
hip replacement?
An alternative to hip is needed for younger generations for
a simple reason that there is just no time to rest. With such busy and active lifestyles people
are more occupied with work and devote lesser time to their health. This
provokes need of a treatment which is time saving and does not require long bed
rests. Moreover this is the category of moderately active people and they can
easily manage to get back to their office routine and other works in just no
time.
New alternatives for
hip replacement for young people
a) Stem cell treatment
This is a major breakthrough to give long term hip pain
relief and is among the latest alternatives to hip replacement surgeries. The
stem cells of the patient is concentrated and amplified in the most problem
creating area of the hip joint. This enhances the person’s own immunity and
ability to heal the hip by itself.
b) Hip resurfacing
This procedure involves extraction of only small part of hip
bones where the ball and socket are resurfaced and replaced by a metal cap and
a metal socket made of cobalt chrome. A large area of hip bones is left intact.
c) Resection arthroplasty
This is done when there is an uncontrolled infection of hip.
Bone around the hip joint is excised the joint space is filled with scar tissue
in some time.
d) Osteotomy
Osteotomy is a simple procedure to re align the hip bones to
equalize the weight bearing pattern of the body. This is done in developmental
disorders like dysplasia.
e) Conservative treatment
Opted by many patients to avoid surgery and includes use of
steroid injections, anti inflammatory drugs and analgesics. Use of assistive
devices is common.
What are the
benefits?
- The implants used in hip resurfacing last much longer than normal implants used for hip replacement.
- The alternative procedures give greater stability.
- There is no risk of implant loosening or a revision surgery.
- Patient does not need to get hospitalized for long time.
- Quick recovery.
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