Hip revision surgery is revising (exchanging) parts, or the entire hip replacement.  The amount of surgery required can be quite variable, from a simple exchange of the bearing surfaces (similar to the tyres on a car), or it can involve changing the entire hip replacement (trading in the whole car).  The amount of surgery required to fix your hip replacement is highly variable, and it depends upon the type of hip replacement you have, the problems you are having with it, and what approach for surgery has been completed already.

Hip revision surgery is revising (exchanging) parts, or the entire hip replacement.  The amount of surgery required can be quite variable, from a simple exchange of the bearing surfaces (similar to the tyres on a car), or it can involve changing the entire hip replacement (trading in the whole car).  The amount of surgery required to fix your hip replacement is highly variable, and it depends upon the type of hip replacement you have, the problems you are having with it, and what approach for surgery has been completed already.

Revision hip replacement is highly variable, and consequently the rehabilitation is variable as well.  For simple operations, such as liner exchange, immediate weight bearing, and mobility is permitted with the use of crutches.  For larger procedures, or if complete exchange of the hip replacement is performed, the rehabilitation is significantly longer, and often restrictions are placed upon weight bearing, range of motion and mobility until the prosthesis is integrated, and the soft tissues are fulled healed.

Dr Slattery will guide you through the rehab process post operatively.