Hip Specialist in Nashik

A Hip replacement, or hip arthroplasty, is surgery that replaces a diseased or injured hip by with an artificial joint or implant. People usually receive Hip replacements when arthritis causes severe hip pain and inflammation. Hip fracture and natural wear-and-tear also are common reasons for Hip replacement surgery. Hip replacement (total hip arthroplasty) is surgery to exchange a worn-out or damaged hip joint. The surgeon replaces the old joint with an artificial joint (prosthesis). This surgery may be a choice after a hip fracture or for severe pain due to arthritis.

A traditional hip replacement involves an incision several inches long over the hip. a more recent approach uses 1 or 2 smaller incisions to do the surgery. this is called minimally invasive hip replacement. But the minimally invasive procedure isn’t suited for all people that need a hip replacement. Your healthcare provider will find out the most effective procedure for you. Hip replacement surgery is a treatment for pain and disability in the hip. Osteoarthritis is the most common reason for hip replacement surgery.

Osteoarthritis causes loss of joint cartilage in the hip. Damage to the cartilage and bones limits movement and will cause pain. People with severe pain from a degenerative joint disease might not be ready to do normal activities that involve bending at the hip. These activities include walking and sitting. Other sorts of arthritis like atrophic arthritis and arthritis that results from a hip injury also can damage the hip joint. Hip replacement can also be wont to treat certain hip fractures. A fracture is an injury often from a fall. Pain from a fracture is severe. Walking or even moving the leg causes pain. If other medical treatments don’t control your arthritis pain, your healthcare provider may recommend a hip replacement.

Signs that you may need a Hip Replacement

•Hip pain that prevents walking, bending, climbing stairs or doing daily chores
• Pain in your hip even when not walking or standing
• Stiffness in your hip that prevents lifting your leg
• Failure of non-surgical treatments to provide relief
• Depression or other changes in your psychological state
• Your doctor rules out other health problems

Anterior Approach Hip Replacement: –

It Involves exposing the Hip joint safely by using plane between the anterior hip muscles thus eliminating the need to cut them, thus keeping important posterior hip muscles or those at back intact thus assuring early recovery of hip function. Once exposed, the damaged femoral head is removed and so is damaged layer of acetabulum [socket], and they are subsequently replace using ceramic femoral head and ceramic or poly liner over acetabulum [ socket], thus making hip joint pain free and mobile.

Video Giving idea of Hip Replacement Procedure by Anterior Approach

During hip replacement, a Hip Specialist in Nashik removes the damaged sections of your hip and replaces them with parts usually constructed of metal, ceramic and really hard plastic. This artificial joint (prosthesis) helps reduce pain and improve function. Also called total hip arthroplasty, hip replacement surgery could be an option for you if your hip pain interferes with daily activities and nonsurgical treatments haven’t helped or are not any longer effective. Arthritis damage is the most common reason to need hip replacement. Hip replacement surgery is one among the most successful operations in all of medicine. Since the first 1960s, improvements in joint replacement surgical techniques and technology have greatly increased the effectiveness of total hip replacement.

MBBS. MS. Orthopaedics [Sancheti Pune ]
Fellowship in Robotic Joint Replacement [ France ]
University Fellowship in Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine [MUHS]
Advanced Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeon
Consultant Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeon Ashoka Medicover Hospitals Nashik

Dr Pranit Sonawane is Advanced Hip Specialist in Nashik who use recent advances in the technique of Knee and Hip Replacement, like doing knee replacement by sub-vastus approach (without cutting knee muscle) so as to provide Patients an improved quality of life by making them pain free. Also Dr. Pranit is the only Hip Specialist in Nashik & Maharashtra to do Hip Replacement by Anterior approach i.e. from front with a minimally invasive technique [small incision] in which there is no need of cutting the muscles but by reaching Hip Joint by using plain in between the muscles, thus giving a benefit of saving the important hip muscles which are at the posterior side or back of hip joint thus giving excellent results in view of patient recovery. Also he is expertise in Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy and Sports injury treatment. regardless of the situation of your joint problems, orthopedic doctors work to chalk out a solution to induce you moving out and again. orthopedic doctors in Nashik are educated from recognized medical institutes in India or abroad and possess a work experience of 5 to seven years and more.

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