Total Hip Replacement
Total Hip Replacement Total Hip Replacement is a surgical procedure which is done to replace one hip joint completely sometimes both joints. Hip Arthritis(HA) or Total Hip Replacement(THR) Surgery. Total hip replacement (THR) - also called a Hip Arthroplasty- is a surgical procedure that re-forms the hip joint. In THR, the head of the femur (the bone that extends from the hip to the knee) is removed along with the surface layer of the socket in the pelvis (the two large bones that rest on the lower limbs and support the spinal column). FUNCTIONING OF HIP JOINT The hip is a ball-and-socket joint comprised of the following structures: Head of the femur Acetabulum of the pelvis Ligaments of the hip joint The head of the femur or "ball" of the hip joint articulates or moves within the cup-like "socket" called the acetabulum of the pelvic bone. Together, these structures are referred to as a "ball and socket" joint. The femoral head and aceta...