Revision Total Hip Replacement

To begin your doctor will follow the line of the incision made during your primary total hip replacement.

Revision total hip replacement.

Arthritis damage is the most common reason to need hip replacement. A hip revision procedure involves removing and replacing a worn loosened or misaligned implant in order to relieve pain and improve the function of the implanted hip system. In a total hip replacement 27130 arthroplasty acetabular and proximal femoral prosthetic replacement total hip arthroplasty with or without autograft or allograft the damaged bone and cartilage are removed and replaced with prosthetic components which come in many different materials and designs. In most cases the surgery takes several hours.

Hip revision surgery fundamentals. In the majority of cases hip revision surgery is more complex and time consuming than the original hip replacement 1 with over 332 000 hip replacements performed in the. Download a free guide on hip pain treatment. A revision hip replacement is the removal of one or both parts cup in the acetublum and or the stem in the femur of a previously inserted total hip replacement and inserting a new replacement.

Also called total hip arthroplasty hip replacement surgery might be an option for you if your hip pain interferes with daily activities and nonsurgical treatments haven t helped or are no longer effective. The incision may be extended however to allow the old components. Why consider a hip revision. The femur is first hollowed out and the femoral head removed.

However some patients may need one or more revisions of a hip replacement particularly if the initial hip replacement. Revision total hip replacement is a more complex procedure and takes longer to perform than primary total hip replacement. The majority of elderly patients who receive a hip replacement retain the prosthesis for 15 to 20 years and sometimes for life. The number of hip revisions performed by orthopedic surgeons is growing quickly at an estimated rate of 8 to 10 each year.

Why does a hip need to be revised. Hip revision surgery is performed to repair an artificial hip joint prosthesis that has been damaged over time due to an infection or due to normal wear and tear of the prosthetic hip. Your surgeon will explain why this is required but it is normally done for loosening or infection of the old hip. Revision hip replacements may also be performed to manage complications such as infection of a hip replacement hip replacement dislocation or fractures of the bone around the hip replacement.

Usually the cause is clear but not always. A reoperation of a total hip replacement is called a revision. Pain is the primary reason for revision.