Hip disorders
A painful hip can severely affect your ability to lead a full active life. Over the last thirty years, major advancements in hip replacement have improved the outcome of the surgery greatly. Hip replacement surgery is becoming more and more common as the population of the world begins to age.
Conventional Total Hip Replacement is a very successful procedure for the treatment of Hip Arthritis.
The purpose of total hip replacement is to remove the two damaged and worn parts of the hip joint – the hip socket (acetabulum) and the ball (femoral head) – and replace them with smooth, artificial implants called prostheses, which will help make the hip strong, stable, and flexible again.
For younger, more active people needing a hip replacement there is a high chance that a traditional hip replacement will wear out during their lifetime and need to be replaced again – a second replacement (revision) is much more difficult and consequently may last a shorter time than the original replacement.
Hip Resurfacing
Hip Resurfacing is a type of hip replacement which replaces the two surfaces of the hip joint.
The procedure is very bone conserving as the head of the femur is retained. Instead of removing the head completely, it is shaped to accept an anatomically sized metal sphere. There is no large stem to go down the central part of the femur and the surface of the acetabulum (the socket) is also replaced with a metal implant, which is press fit directly into the bone.
The resurfacing components are made of ‘As Cast’ cobalt chrome which is finely machined to produce a very high quality surface with a low friction finish, hence low wear. The BIRMINGHAM HIPTM Resurfacing has the largest independently verified clinical history of any resurfacing device available today.