| Hip joint disorders are common to affect the aging | | | | hard-bearing longevity. This hybrid surgical technique |
| people. The occurrence of these disorders is | | | | ensures flexibility and longevity of the hip joint. Speed |
| associated with not only growing age but also severe | | | | of recovery is fast in such case. |
| injuries to the hip joint. Surgical treatment becomes a | | | | Hip resurfacing is different from minimally invasive |
| necessity when the condition of a hip joint disorder | | | | surgery. The technique of this surgical treatment |
| aggravates beyond measure. Hip replacement and hip | | | | entails a large incision and a large dissection of |
| resurfacing - both are technologically advanced | | | | muscles to preserve the hip bone. Only younger and |
| medical treatment options. | | | | stronger patients can bear the pressure of this |
| Hip resurfacing entails only the replacement of the hip | | | | treatment. On the other hand, hip replacement is a |
| joint's articular surface. In case of total hip | | | | minimally invasive surgery that involves a process of |
| replacement, medically termed as arthroplasty, the | | | | dissection. Only an expert and experienced surgeon |
| neck of the femur of thighbone is removed in a | | | | can execute such a difficult-to-perform surgery. In |
| surgical procedure. The former is an integral part of | | | | case of a minimally invasive procedure, blood loss is |
| hip reconstruction. It is not a recommendation for | | | | less and the duration of hospital stay is short. |
| women with osteoporosis and small-framed women. | | | | Patients who have undergone a hip replacement |
| Patients to undergo this surgical treatment should be | | | | surgery can be sure of fast recovery. It ensures the |
| middle aged and with robust physical structure. Not | | | | stability of the hip joint through the preservation of |
| minimally invasive, it is more strenuous than the | | | | the muscles and capsular tissues. It facilitates the |
| procedure of hip replacement. | | | | movement of the hip joint for normal and regular |
| The fusion of hip replacement and hip resurfacing is a | | | | activities. The hip resurfacing surgeons need to handle |
| good approach to address a severe hip joint disorder | | | | the glutei muscles meticulously. Or else, it leads to |
| in case of some patients. In this method of | | | | heterotrophic bone formation, a postoperative |
| treatment, a metallic anatomic caliber head is first | | | | complication. Owing to this complication, the muscles |
| articulated with the resurfacing socket and then it is | | | | stiffen that in turn, results in paradoxical stiffness. In |
| mounted on the total hip stem inside the femur. It is | | | | case of minimally invasive surgery, the postoperative |
| usually recommended for the patients who seek | | | | complications are only a few. |