subject: Safe Recovery Is Possible After Hip Replacement [print this page] The total number of hip implant surgical procedures has increased these days and in the US alone, tens of thousands of patients endure hip replacement every year. Hip joints are softly balanced but well fitted units containing of a ball and socket. The ball is the top extremity of the femur, or thighbone, and the socket is a depression, molded like a cup, on the surface of the pelvis. Hip troubles arise from a myriad of reasons, or events, like wearing out of the cartilage, damages resulting from accidents, diseases like cancer etc.
Physicians choose on whether to resort to full replacement or a partial effort only after studying the extent of hip damage. In many cases, both hips are replaced simultaneously. In partial replacement, only one aspect, normally the femur head, or the ball, is replaced. But if the problem is acute, full hip replacement is resorted to by removing the existing hip joint and placing an artificial ball and cup in its place.
Hip replacement operation is followed by medications and movements.This is to assure that post surgery infections do not occur and also to ensure that the replaced joint in brought to optimal proficiency. After hip replacement, there is a need to indulge in several types of exercises, composed of long term ones and post operative ones so that the patient is able to return to a normal lifestyle.
The patient needs to be sent for regular checkups so that chances of pain or discomfort after hip replacement can be avoided. In very extraordinary cases, dislocation of the artificial hip or quick wear and tear is observed. In such cases, modification surgeries for repairing or replacing the harmed hip may be required.
Usual life is possible after hip replacement, but for those who are past their prime, it is better not to get involved in arduous exercises and hectic lifestyles. But modern hip implants promises to bring back the lost vigor and energy. However, the implants would last for around ten years or so only, and this means that revision surgeries are necessary to implant new hip joints every ten years or so.
