Patient Education: Minimally Invasive
Total Hip Replacement
Ready to Consider Hip Joint Replacement?
 You're Not Alone!
- 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
May be suitable for patients who:
- 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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