When do you need a total hip replacement for hip pain?
ANSWER
When osteoarthritis becomes so severe that the pain is intense or the hip joint becomes deformed, a total hip replacement, or arthroplasty, may be a consideration. People who fracture their hip sometimes need surgery to fix the fracture or replace the hip.
Reviewed by Tyler Wheeler on March 15, 2020
SOURCES:
American Family Physician, Oct. 15, 1999.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: "Osteoarthritis of the Hip," "Inflammatory Arthritis of the Hip."
Firestein, Gary S. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 2008.
American Family Physician, Feb. 1, 2003.
SOURCES:
American Family Physician, Oct. 15, 1999.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: "Osteoarthritis of the Hip," "Inflammatory Arthritis of the Hip."
Firestein, Gary S. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 2008.
American Family Physician, Feb. 1, 2003.
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