The hip joint is the largest and strongest joint in the body, and is due to its main role in a person’s ability to move from one place to another. Despite the strength of this joint and the extent of the fusion of the bones that make it up and their connection with each other, it is often exposed to several injuries that make us need… To do joint replacement.

hip joint injuries are not only associated with aging and osteoporosis and weakness, but also occur in young people. What are the compelling reasons that lead to joint injury? When do we resort to pelvic joint replacement surgery as a primary solution for treatment?

hip joint replacement surgery

The pelvic joint consists of three bones fused together to form the joint cavity ( which called acetabulam ) The head of the femur rests inside it, forming together the hip joint as a whole, which enables a person to move his lower limp in different directions.

As a result of various reasons – the most important of which are sudden accidents and violent physical interventions – the hip joint becomes dislocated or fractured, and long-term joint injuries may result in the erosion of the cartilage material that separates the pelvic bones and prevents them from rubbing together, which leads to osteo-arthritis in the pelvic joint and increased friction between the bones. Its component.

Osteo-arthritis of the pelvic joint causes the patient to feel severe pain that hinders his movement and prevents him from performing his usual daily activities. This requires doctors to consider to the process of changing the pelvic joint and replacing it with an artificial one to get rid of the pain and help the patient return to his normal life.

What are the causes of pelvic joint osteoarthritis?

Hip osteoarthritis is an uncommon disease – unlike knee osteoarthritis – and results from poor blood supply to the area of the head of the femur and the pelvic bones, which leads to damage and osteoarthritis after a period of time, or joint osteoarthritis may come after a fracture in some part. Of the pelvic bones, and the longer the patient delays receiving appropriate treatment for osteoarthritis, the more the degree of injury develops and the joint bones become damaged.

Advanced cases of osteoarthritis of the pelvic joint require surgical intervention, changing the affected joint head and replacing it with an artificial one that enables the patient to move his leg in different directions freely without feeling pain.

     Types of artificial joints used

Previously, a group of joints made of stainless and cobalt chrome were used, but this led to the patient suffering from many complications, the most famous of which was fracture of the joint after a very short period of surgery, until doctors came up with new types of joints that give the hip joint replacement surgery higher success rates, and it also… Safer for the patient.

The most recently used joints are joints made of titanium and ceramic, which reduce the chances of friction and corrosion with the bones, and the joint head reaches 36 mm, which makes the chances of the joint being dislocated again almost zero percent.

     Steps in the process of changing the pelvic joint

The pelvic joint replacement surgery is performed at the center of Dr. Ibrahim Gado – Consultant Orthopedic and Artificial Joint Surgery – using one of the modern techniques known as ASI.

The ASI technique allows hip replacement surgery to be performed through a very small incision in the front of the thigh, without damage to the tissues and muscles.

Types of pelvic joint replacement operations

Surgery is performed by changing the entire joint or some parts of it, according to the doctor’s diagnosis of the condition.

Total Hip Replacement Surgery

In this type of surgery, the doctor removes the head of the femur bone, gets rid of the damaged bone tissue from the iliac acetabulum, or replaces it completely if necessary.

     Surgery to replace part of the pelvic joint

Hemi-arthroplasty differs from total hip replacement in that only one part of the joint bone is changed, either the hand of the femur or the acetabulum, while keeping the other part intact.

After undergoing surgery, the patient needs complete rest during the first days of the operation until the wound heals and the muscles regain their ability to contract and relax, after which the patient returns to his normal life.