Hip Resurfacing Advantages

Hip surgery is one of the often overlooked wonders of modern medicine. The fact that medical science has managed to make routine the repair of such a vital part of the human body is truly remarkable. Hip resurfacing is a more recently created technique that works as a stop-gap measure before a patient undergoes an actual full hip replacement. This procedure has the advantage of saving both cost and difficulty for the patient down the road.

Young Patients

• Doctors are more likely to recommend hip resurfacing for younger patients, who are expected to stay physically active for a good while longer and so continue to place wear and tear on their hip joints. If a younger patient were to undergo a full replacement surgery early on, and then damage their hip implant through continued activity, that hip implant would be considerably more difficult to remove and replace than the original bone was.

Cost

• While hip resurfacing is no cheaper a procedure than the standard hip replacement surgery it is also no more expensive. The advantage of the surgery is that it will be much more affordable than hip implant removal surgery in the future. Also, the procedure is expected to become more affordable over time as more doctors around the world learn the technique and gain experience in performing it.

Pain

• Before hip resurfacing, when a younger patient was experiencing problems with their hip a doctor would often advise them to wait before undergoing a procedure until it was absolutely necessary. This was to avoid the possibility of having to undergo more than one hip replacement. This caused many patients to live with considerable pain and discomfort. The advantage of hip resurfacing is that it works as a temporary fix before actual full hip replacement.