Category: Total Joint

Total hip replacement surgery should be considered in any patient of any age when pain in the hip joint itself becomes disabling. Ninety percent of patients who undergo total hip replacement surgery have the diagnosis of osteoarthritis. Other common diagnoses include rheumatoid arthritis, avascular necrosis, as well as some congenital hip deformities.

As the average age and life expectancy of the population has increased, so has the prevalence of hip fractures. Intracapsular hip fractures, also known as femoral neck fractures, as well as intertrochanteric femur fractures are the two most common patterns of hip fractures.