Total Hip Replacement
Arthritis in the hip shows up as groin pain, a limp, and the slow disappearance of things you used to do without thinking. A replacement resurfaces the worn joint with a new bearing — and it is one of the most reliably satisfying operations in all of medicine.
- Typical length
- 60–90 minutes
- Going home
- Same day for most patients
How it's approached
- 01
Approach chosen for you, not for the brochure
Anterior and posterior approaches both work extremely well in trained hands. The right one depends on your anatomy, your body habitus, and your prior surgery — not on marketing.
- 02
Precision that outlives the recovery
Component position and leg length are planned before surgery and confirmed during it. Getting the mechanics right is what makes a hip feel forgotten rather than managed.
- 03
Walking the same afternoon
Weight-bearing as tolerated begins immediately. Most patients are off a walker inside two weeks and using nothing at all by six.
Recovery
What the weeks after
actually look like.
Day 0
Surgery, then first steps
Days 1–7
Home and moving
Weeks 2–3
Off the walker, back behind the wheel
Weeks 4–6
Back to work and out of the house
Also treated
Total Knee Replacement
A knee replacement resurfaces the worn ends of the joint and rebalances the soft tissue around it.
Read morePartial Knee Replacement
When arthritis is confined to one compartment of the knee, there is no reason to replace the rest of it.
Read moreRobotic & Computer-Assisted Surgery
Robotic and navigation platforms turn a surgical plan into sub-millimeter execution.
Read more
Next step
The consultation is where
you find out if you even need surgery.
Bring your imaging, your questions, and the list of things you've stopped doing. You'll leave with a plan — surgical or not — and a realistic timeline for getting back to them.