Overview

Goodbye to pain after long-delayed Hip Surgery

Have you ever felt like not knowing about how some organs in the body are meant to you? Or even have no ideas what their functions are until there is a problem like osteoarthritis in hip joint

The hip joint is a type of joint called a ball and socket joint. Its called that because the top of the thigh bone is ball-shaped and fits into part of the socket which is the pelvic bone. Normally, a persons hip joint can move smoothly in many directions. However, when people get older, the cartilage in the hip joint begins to degenerate so the surfaces of the joints grind together damaging the joint which leads to stiffness and pain.

When people have problems with their hip joint, the hip can be painful. The pain can be mainly in the groin, including the outer thigh and upper buttock area troubling people to move normally, walking with a limp or even unable to bend down to pick up things. Sometimes in the morning or on a rainy day, people feel pain in the joint. Different conditions can cause problems with the hip joint, such as osteoarthritis which is the most common type of arthritis that usually occurs when people turn 50 or over although the deterioration varies by individuals but it gets worse over time. Main factors that cause the cartilage to wear away in hip arthritis include:

 Weight

 Family history of hip osteoarthritis

 Previous injury

 Level of activity

 Anatomic structure of the hip for example, improper formation of the hip joint structure at birth.

Hip arthritis can also occur on people in younger ages if they have underlying conditions for example, autoimmune inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid, lupus or chronic inflammation like Ankylosing spondylitis which cause the inflammation in the hip joint.

Hip replacement surgery is a procedure to remove the damaged portions of the hip joint and replace with prostheses. There are two types of hip replacement surgery depending on the patient's symptoms and conditions.

1. Unilateral Total Hip Replacement is a surgical procedure that replaces the diseased cartilage and bone of one hip joint with the help of artificial material such as ceramic or metal.
2. Bilateral Total Hip Replacement also known as double hip replacement. It is a surgical procedure that is performed on both sides of the body when patients get degenerative issues in both hips that cause severe pain and reduced mobility by replacing the damaged parts of the hip joint with ceramic or metal. Most patients can gradually resume their usual activities within 3 to 6 months.

Total Hip Arthroplasty is considered the best treatment option after the patient responds poorly to nonsurgical methods such as pain relief medications, hip injections, or physical therapy.

The surgery is able to remove the pain or bad hip joint which an artificial one will be replaced after.

Benefits and Advantages of Hip replacement surgery at Phyathai 2 Hospital

 Safe procedure

 Accuracy

 Personalized planning

 Less complication & blood loss

 Faster recovery

 Enhanced implant longevity

Hip replacement surgery at Orthopedic Institute Center, Phyathai 2 Hospital would like to focus on hip replacement surgical innovations which are surgical methods that do not involve cutting of the muscles, thereby causing minimal tissue damage and little blood loss. This allows for faster surgical wound healing and rapid patient recovery within 24 hours after surgery without causing the patient to experience enormous pain and suffering from surgical wounds.

After that rehabilitation will be supervised by a multidisciplinary team and doctors such as, physical therapists who will help them practice specific physical therapy to every part of the body as well as posture movement. Therefore, patients can adapt the study to their regular lifestyle.