Total Hip Replacement Parts

The materials used in the artificial implant may vary but they often include metal plastic or ceramic.

Total hip replacement parts.

When a hip replacement surgery is performed a damaged worn out hip joint is replaced with an artificial implant. In a total hip replacement also called total hip arthroplasty the damaged bone and cartilage is removed and replaced with prosthetic components. The hip joint is a ball and socket joint and removal of the hip joint requires the surgeon to remove the ball and. Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant that is a hip prosthesis hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi half replacement.

The acetabular component a plastic liner a femoral head and the femoral stem. During hip replacement a surgeon removes the damaged sections of your hip joint and replaces them with parts usually constructed of metal ceramic and very hard plastic. During surgery your doctor makes an incision in the front of your hip to reach the hip joint. During hip replacement surgery your surgeon removes the diseased or damaged parts of your hip joint and inserts the artificial joint.

During a total hip arthroplasty four parts are introduced to create a new hip. The damaged femoral head is removed and replaced with a metal stem that is placed into the hollow center of the femur. As mentioned in the above simplified description of hip replacement surgery the four artificial components are. Anterior hip replacement is a common type of total hip replacement.

We offer market leading hip replacement implants for total hip arthroplasty including our primary and revision portfolios designed to offer you a wide variety of implants instrumentation and muscle sparing surgical approach options. See an animation of how it s done. Then they replace the joint with. Designs of hip replacements and the materials used to manufacture a hip replacement implant have changed been refined come in and out of favor and continue to be investigated to determine the optimal design of an artificial hip.

The femoral stem may be either cemented or press fit into the bone. Hip replacement surgery is a procedure in which a doctor surgically removes a painful hip joint with arthritis and replaces it with an artificial joint often made from metal and plastic components.