Healthy Living
Arthritis of the hip joint is a common problem in India.It occurs due to damage to the hip joint from various conditions such as avascular necrosis(death of bone due to lack of blood supply),trauma or injury(previous hip fractures),infection,rheumatoid arthritis,ankylosing spondylitis and other diseases. It causes severe pain,stiffness,deformity,decreased mobility and severe disability.
In India hip joint arthritis is seen to commonly affect the younger population,those barely between 20 and 30 years of age. It results in massive disruption of family and social life, inability to work for a living and difficulty in moving about.
When the symptoms or the arthritis cannot be controlled with medications, hip arthritis is treated with total Hip Replacement surgery. Hip replacements have been successful.
A noticeable breakthrough in the field of surgery for hip arthritis is that of Hip Resurfacing.