Showing posts with label hip resurfacing revision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hip resurfacing revision. Show all posts

Monday, January 12, 2015

Failed Hip resurfacing treatment India

Do you have pain after a Hip resufacing in India? Your hip resurfacing might have failed. You need to get it checked out. Hip Resurfacing fails in a proportion of cases within five years. The patient complains of pain, limp and shortening.

Case report- 
This x-ray belongs to a middle aged patient who had a hip resurfacing some six years back. Within a year, his right hip resurfacing failed. He complained of pain and limp. This x ray shows that there is mal alignment of the socket and femoral components. There are radio lucencies visible beneath the femoral component.
He needed a Revision hip replacement. Visit www.hipsurgery.in for more details.