A hip replacement is a surgical procedure during which your orthopaedic surgeon replaces your damaged hip joint with an artificial replacement. A hip replacement is an effective solution for people struggling with chronic hip pain caused by a damaged hip joint.
Town Center Orthopaedic Associates offers anterior hip replacement as a manner in which total hip replacement can be performed. Anterior hip replacement is a minimally invasive procedure performed though an incision on the front of the hip which does not require cutting any muscle.
Another type of hip replacement is called revision hip replacement, which is performed in order to adjust or replace parts of a previous hip replacement.