Best Hip Replacement Surgeon in Hyderabad

Best Hip Replacement Surgeon in Hyderabad | Dr. Aditya Kapoor

The best and the most effective treatment option for severe hip pain when conservative treatment approaches fail to offer any relief is hip replacement surgery.  If you have severe hip pain with stiffness and walking difficulty, it is better to seek an appointment of a hip replacement surgeon in Hyderabad. In a majority of cases of hip pain, many people take medicines and pain-relieving injections to ease pain and stiffness in the hip joint. However, these measures won’t work if osteoarthritis of the hip joint leads to severe pain and destruction of cartilage. When the hip joint doesn’t offer mobility, walking becomes difficult with worsening hip pain.

Why Hip Replacement Surgery is Done?

Overuse of joints, weak joints, aging and weak cartilage due to arthritis may lead to deterioration of cartilage in the hip joint. Hip arthritis is a progressively damaging condition that can alter hip joint functioning due to day-to-day wear and tear. When the hip joint cartilage gets extensively damaged, it drastically affects the movement of the joint with severe pain. At this stage hip replacement becomes necessary.

The following conditions can severely damage the hip joint deforming it to the extent that necessitate hip replacement surgery:

Osteoarthritis

The most prominent cause of hip replacement is infectious arthritis or osteoarthritis of the hip joint. The cartilage between the bones of the hip joint provides smoothly gliding surface for frictionless movement of the hip joint. Osteoarthritis damages this cartilage and leads to severe hip pain and walking difficulty. Osteoarthritis is also known as wear and tear arthritis.

Osteonecrosis

When a hip joint is fractured, injured or dislocated, the blood supply to the hip joint gets obstructed. Osteonecrosis leads to the deformation of ball and socket portion of the hip joint.

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that affects the joints. In this disorder, body’s own immune cells of the immune system mount immune response against musculoskeletal cells of the body. In rheumatoid arthritis antibodies attack the cells of the cartilage and bones resulting in inflammation, swelling and joint pain.

The destructive process continues causing severe damage to the cartilage of hip joint and the surrounding bones. Unaddressed or untreated rheumatoid arthritis gradually leads to deformed and damaged hip joints.

A hip replacement surgeon in Hyderabad recommends hip replacement for a person who is not getting any relief from severely debilitating hip pain with walking difficulty. Orthopedic surgeons usually recommend hip replacement when all other treatment approaches have failed to provide any relief to the patient.

Hip Pain and Hip Replacement Surgery

Dr. Aditya Kapoor may recommend hip replacement surgery if a person has the following problems associated with hip joint:

• Severe and progressive hip pain that interferes with daily activities
• Persisting pain in spite of taking pain relieving medication
• Hip pain that makes it difficult to stand upright
• The pain augments when rising from a seating position or bed
• Difficulty moving upstairs and downstairs
• Difficulty getting dressed
• Hip pain even while sleeping or during resting hours
• Walking difficulty taking a few steps without the support of a cane or walker seems to be problematic.

What happens during a hip replacement Arthroscopy?

An orthopedic surgeon who specializes in hip replacement surgery removes the damaged portion of the cartilage and also a small portion of the affected bone from the hip joint. The hip surgeon replaces the damaged cartilage and bone with a metal and plastic implant (prosthesis). This is an artificial joint. It is made of top-quality, premium metal, ceramics and tough and durable plastic. The implant helps in reducing swelling, inflammation and pain from the hip joint. It lasts longer by improving the functionality of the affected hip joint. An orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in Hip Arthroscopic surgery can perform this procedure diligently.

Dr. Aditya Kapoor has more than 20 years of experience and expertise of performing minimal access hip replacement arthroscopies.

Computer-Assisted Hip Replacement Surgery

With the use of modern procedures, methods, techniques and protocols, it is possible to achieve precise and accurate placement and alignment of the implant, while minimizing the risk of tissue damage and the need for bone cutting. The hip replacement procedure can take two to three hours. Hip replacement is the gold standard treatment for relieving pain in the hip joint and making walking easier.

Modern Surgical Techniques

Modern muscles sparring and precise surgical techniques with proper alignment and perfect fixation of the implant help improve healing process and recovery time by minimizing post-surgical infections and other complications. Hip replacement surgical techniques have been constantly improving.

Best Hip replacement Surgeon in Hyderabad – Dr. Aditya Kapoor

Dr Kapoor specializes in the accurate diagnosis and treatment of all the conditions that cause hip and groin pain. He is proficient in all the clinical and surgical procedures and techniques of the lower limb surgery. He performs cemented and uncemented hip replacements. Dr. Aditya Kapoor never compromises on quality of the implants and their durability aspects. He therefore, recommends and uses all bearing surfaces including ceramic and highly cross-linked polyethylene. He performs appropriate small incision hip replacements. Dr Kapoor has huge experience and expertise of performing revision hip replacement.

Types of Hip Replacement

Components of hip replacement: The three parts of a modular total hip replacement are: the femoral stem – it is inserted into the thigh bone (femur shaft), the femoral head – it attaches to the top of the femoral stem, and the cup, which is placed into the acetabular socket.

Plastic (An ultra high-density polyethylene), ceramic or metal cup; ceramic or metal femoral head and an alloy of steel (metal) femoral stem are the parts of the prostheses or implant. Several options are available – such as ceramic-on-ceramic (ceramic head on ceramic cup); ceramic-on-metal (ceramic head on metallic cup); metal-on-metal (metallic head on metallic cup), and the conventional metal-on-plastic (metallic head on plastic cup)

What are the different types of hip replacement?

Total hip replacement involves the replacement of both the ball (head of femur) and the socket (acetabulum), while partial hip replacement (hemiarthroplasty) only involves the replacement of the ball (femur head). Hip resurfacing is a procedure that preserves the femur head and only replaces the surface of the head. Bipolar hip replacement is a prosthesis in which the metallic cup is attached to the femoral component. It can move freely within the acetabular socket, making it suitable for patients with fractured hips.

Hip replacements can be categorized as either cemented or uncemented. In cemented hip replacements, bone cement (polymethyl methacrylate) is used to attach the implants to the bone; while in uncemented hip replacements, the implants are placed directly onto the raw bone. A hybrid hip replacement is one in which one component is cemented and the other is attached to the bone without cement.

Hip Replacement Surgery Cost in Hyderabad

A typical hip replacement surgery can cost anywhere between Rs. 1, 10, 000   To Rs. 3, 50,000. The average cost of hip replacement in Hyderabad is around Rs. 1, 50, 000 to Rs.  2, 25,000. In general hip replacement surgery cost in Hyderabad depends on many factors such as the health of the affected joint, severity and extent of cartilage damage, the age of the patient, the type of procedure recommended, the expertise and experience of the hip replacement surgeon, facilities availed during and after the procedure; and the duration of hospital stay.