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Hip fracture

Hip joint replacement - series

Osteoarthritis vs. rheumatoid arthritis

The reasons for replacing the hip joint include:

• Severe pain from arthritis in the hip that limits an individuals' ability to do the things they want to do
• Fractures in the elderly of the neck of the femur (usually requires a hemi-arthroplasty)
• Hip joint tumors

This surgery is usually not recommended for:

• Very young patients
• Current hip infection
• People with poor skin coverage around the hip
• Paralyzed quadriceps muscles
• Nerve disease affecting the hip
• Patients with severely limiting mental dysfunction
• Serious physical disease (terminal disease, such as metastatic cancer)
• Extreme obesity (weight over 300 pounds)

Review Date: 05/31/2006
Reviewed By: Kevin B. Freedman, MD, MSCE, Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Specialists, Bryn Mawr, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.