What happens during the Hip Replacement Surgery?


The hip replacement surgery is basically performed in two ways that includes the traditional methods and the other one a minimally-invasive technique. The size of the incision made for the surgery is the key difference between the two techniques.

In the case of a standard surgery done by the best hip replacement hospitals, the patients are given general anesthesia that helps in the relaxation of your muscles and put you to temporary deep sleep. This is done to save the patients from the pain as well as make them unaware of the procedure being done on them. In some cases an alternative is also given to prevent the pain which is known as the spinal anesthetic.

After anesthesia, your surgeon makes a cut along the side of the hip to move the muscles that are connected to the top part of the bone of the thigh which exposes the hip joint. After that a saw is used to cut the thighbone to remove the joint of the ball portion. Next an artificial joint is used to attach it to the thigh bone, which is done using substances like cement or a special material that helps to attach the new joint to the remaining bone.

After that the surgeon removes the damaged cartilage to prepare the surface of the hip bone as well as attaching the replacement socket part to the hip bone. Then the new ball part of that thigh bone is inserted into the hip’s socket part of the hip. In some cases a drain is also used for the drainage of any fluid. At last, the doctor closes the incision after reattaching the muscles
In the minimally invasive surgeries the cuts are small that lessens the blood loss, eases the pain after the surgery, reduces the days of hospital stays, lessens the scar appearance, and offers speedy healing.

It is also recommended to consider blood donation blood before the procedure as there may be a need of blood transfusion because of blood loss during the surgery. 

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