| Total hip replacement | | | | |
| | | | | Total hip joint replacement involves surgical removal |
| Hip replacement surgery, also called total hip | | | | of the diseased ball and socket and replacing them |
| arthroplasty, involves removing a diseased hip joint | | | | with a metal ball and stem inserted into the femur |
| and replacing it with an artificial joint, called a | | | | bone and an artificial plastic cup socket. The metallic |
| prosthesis. Hip prostheses consist of a ball | | | | artificial ball and stem are referred to as the |
| component, made of metal or ceramic, and a socket, | | | | "prosthesis." Upon inserting the prosthesis into the |
| which has an insert or liner made of plastic, ceramic | | | | central core of the femur, it is fixed with a bony |
| or metal. | | | | cement called methylmethacrylate... |
| The implants used in hip replacement are | | | | |
| biocompatible — meaning they're designed to be | | | | For nearly a century, doctors have been putting |
| accepted by your body — and they're made to | | | | various materials into diseased and painful hip joints to |
| resist corrosion, degradation and wear... | | | | relieve pain. Up until the 1960s, outcomes had been |
| | | | | unreliable. At that time, the metal ball and plastic |
| Your Hip Surgery | | | | socket for the replacement of the hip joint was |
| The hip is a ball and socket joint. The ball portion of | | | | introduced. Today, the artificial components used in |
| the joint is called the femoral head, and is part of the | | | | THR are stronger and more designs are available. |
| upper leg bone (femur). The socket portion is called | | | | There are many different shapes, sizes, and designs |
| the acetabulum, and is part of the pelvic bone. The | | | | of artificial components of the hip joint. For the most |
| femoral head (ball) fits into the acetabulum (socket) | | | | part these are composed of chrome, cobalt, titanium, |
| and moves within its natural fluid, called synovial fluid, | | | | or ceramic materials. Some surgeons are also using |
| which helps to lubricate the joint during motion... | | | | custom-made components to improve the fit in the |
| | | | | femur... |
| What to Bring to the Hospital | | | | |
| Below is a list of things you may want to bring with | | | | |
| you to the hospital in preparation for your surgery. | | | | Please log on to : Total hip replacement |
| Talk with your physician, as he/she may have | | | | Please log on to : IndiaSurgeryTour |
| additional information about preparing for your | | | | We Care Core Values |
| hospital stay... | | | | "We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| | | | | you as the centre." |
| A total hip replacement is a surgical procedure | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| whereby the diseased cartilage and bone of the hip | | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams stationed |
| joint is surgically replaced with artificial materials. The | | | | at each partner hospital, we provide you the |
| normal hip joint is a ball and socket joint. The socket | | | | smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. With a |
| is a "cup-shaped" bone of the pelvis called the | | | | ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five patients |
| acetabulum. The ball is the head of the thigh bone | | | | our patient care standards are unmatched across the |
| (femur). | | | | sub continent. |