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Hip Replacement and Some Of the Effects

 

Injuries have always happened during our daily activities putting us in a position that we may need replacement of a particular part of a body. The hip is one of the largest joints in the body that's linked by the ball and socket joint.  Injuries causing the hip replacement may be as a result of an accident or hip fracture during a game. The activity entails the replacement of a damaged hip joint with an artificial one. The surgery mostly takes place on old women although it can be practiced by even children of tender age. The replacement hip bone is known to last for a maximum of fifteen years where after that one can change the fragment to a new one. The replacement of a hip is only done when the hip in question is damaged beyond repair thus limiting the mobility of a person.

 

Most people are referred to dislocated hip replacement because of a hip fracture or arthritis or some other complications that a medical doctor may feel that is worth having the replacement. Hip replacement surgery has been explained that can only be performed in two main ways where the first include an aesthetic procedure where the whole body is numbed and the entire damaged tissue removed and the new one replaced mostly made of metal. The second type of surgery occurs where the only the thigh is numbed, and only the damaged parts are replaced with metal. However, the second method also known as resurfacing is less attractive and may cause harm to a person since the metal may cause damage to the other soft tissues in the body.

 

Any person that is active in sports may be vulnerable to hip and knee dislocation more so in any game that the legs are active.  Before carrying out such a surgery, one should choose a specialist to perform the surgery in the prevention of anything to go bad and also the infection of the hip or knee surgeon may have to look after the patient even after the surgery. However, hip replacement can have effects that might occur in later life but very mildly as many specialists say.

 

The effects likely to occur are; hip dislocation, fracture of an another hip bone, injuries to the blood vessels or nerves which can be corrected through a proper diagnose and surgery. The artificial hip has proved to be quite helpful despite the small limitations which have been said to be very low. For more facts and info about Hip Replacement Surgery, Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Total_hip_replacement&redirect=no.

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