Many patients may suffer from arthritis in the hip. These patients may require a hip replacement. We always advise our patients to undergo a course of non-operative treatment first before considering surgery. This includes physiotherapy, steroid injections, and occasionally PRP injections (in certain scenarios) before we advise surgery. If, however, all these non-operative measures fail, then we will consider hip replacement surgery.

 

Hip replacement surgery is the main treatment for end stage arthritis and was voted as the best operation of the twentieth century. There are many ways to perform a hip replacement and this is based on the approach used. Dr Foster is trained in all three approaches to hip replacement and has recently finished a travelling observership in Anterior Minimally Invasive Surgery (AMIS). This technique is a muscle sparing approach which has been shown to have better early range of movement and less pain. Please contact us for our patient information leaflet on both standard hip replacement as well as AMIS hip replacement surgery.