Hip osteoarthritis

Mediacal Treatment:

• Pain killers and AINS

• Weight loss and change of daily acitivites

• corticoid or Hyaluronic acid injection

Surgical Treatment

• Hip resurfacing (young male).

• Hip arthroplasty

• Defintion: degenerative disease of the hip that causes progressive loss of articular cartilage

• Risk factors  : articular trauma, high impact sporting activities, heavy physical stress, female gender, genetics, developmental or acquired deformity ( hip dysplasia, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease)

• Physical exam :

  • function-limiting hip pain (altering The quality of life)

  • pain at night or rest

  • hip stiffness

  • instability

  • altered range of motion

Patient is allowed to walk full weight bearing in the same day.

Complications: infection, disloation, fractures, instability, leg length discrepency, nerve damage….