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Patient Education: Total Hip Replacement Minimally Invasive Minimally invasive total hip surgery is a technical advancement in the art of hip surgery that allows hip replacement to be performed through a much smaller incision than has been used in the past. More important, the amount of dissection and disruption of the deeper tissues, muscles, ligaments and tendons is also much less. The possible advantages include less bleeding, less pain, faster healing and a more stable and stronger hip. In the past, total hip incisions were often 8 to 10 inches long. With new techniques incisions may be even less than 3 inches in length. The procedure may be performed with many different kinds of hip prostheses, but is usually done with high performance cementless implants. This surgery is best performed by an experienced surgeon with the specialized training and instrumentation for the technique. Total hip patients of any age or weight may qualify for all or some aspects of this technique, but not all patients are candidates. Prior hip surgery, congenital and other kinds of structural hip problems that require more extensive tissue release or exposure may need more traditional surgical approaches. |
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