Patient Education: Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement

Ready to Consider Hip Joint Replacement?

• Today, more than 300,000 Americans a year have hip replacement surgery
• First performed in 1960, this procedure is considered one of the most important surgical advances of the past 100 years

Hip Surgery

• Have a painful, disabling joint disease of the hip resulting from a severe form of arthritis
• Are not likely to achieve satisfactory results from less invasive procedures, medication, physical therapy, or joint fluid supplements
• Have bone stock that is of poor quality or inadequate for other reconstructive techniques

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