Hip Surgery

What conditions might need hip surgery?

Arthritis is the most common reason for hip surgery. As arthritis progressively damages the joint, you may reach a stage where hip replacement is the only way to relieve the pain and improve movement.

In addition to arthritis, the following conditions may need hip surgery:

• Hip fractures (most hip fractures require surgery as quickly as possible)
• Osteonecrosis (blood supply to the thigh bone is blocked, leading to bone loss)
• Labral tears (damage to the cartilage (labrum) around the socket)
• Femoroacetabular impingement (excess bone growth gives the bones an irregular shape)
• Hip infections (septic arthritis, which occurs when bacteria travel from an infection in your body to the hip)
• Hip dysplasia (the hip doesn’t develop properly)

Hip dysplasia is usually present at birth and typically treated at a young age, but it may go undetected until adulthood.

What type of hip surgery might I need?

Restoration Orthopedics specializes in minimally invasive arthroscopy for most hip procedures. During hip arthroscopy, your surgeon might:

• Remove and repair inflamed, damaged, or infected tissues
• Clip or smooth torn cartilage
• Repair or reconstruct the labrum
• Remove bone spurs
• Cut and reshape or reposition bones
• Resurface damaged areas

To treat osteonecrosis, your surgeon performs a core decompression and grafting procedure. This involves drilling a hole in the bone, which relieves pressure and stimulates the growth of blood vessels. Then, they put a bone graft in the hole to promote healing.

What type of hip replacement surgery might I need?

Your Restoration Orthopedics surgeon will evaluate your hip and decide if you qualify for a minimally invasive hip replacement, which uses an incision that’s about half the length of open surgery.

They also determine if they can perform an anterior hip replacement. Making the incision in the front of the hip (anterior location) allows your surgeon to replace the joint without damaging the muscles and tendons.

You may need one of the following hip joint replacements:

Total hip replacement

During a total hip replacement, your surgeon removes the damaged bone, replaces the ball at the top of the leg, and covers the socket (the cavity in the pelvic area) with a cup-shaped prosthetic.  

Partial hip replacement

Your Restoration Orthopedics surgeon only removes and replaces the top of the leg bone.

Revision hip replacement

Hip replacements last a long time, but the prosthetic can come loose, an infection may develop, or the bone around the prosthetic may break. Then, you need surgery to replace the prosthetic or repair the joint.

Call Restoration Orthopedics today or use online booking to request a hip evaluation and learn more about surgery.