Mr Kumar said: "The complex fracture of his left
hip socket was fixed using specialist equipment which results in minimal scarring and a shorter recovery time for the patient.
Damaged cartilage and bone, including the head and neck of the femur, are removed and replaced with a prosthetic ball and metal stem inserted into the femur bone and an artificial
hip socket.
A plastic cup is placed in the enlarged
hip socket (fig.
Liza was born with only one
hip socket, she lived her first months breathing with a ventilator and eating with a feeding tube, and she has had three hip operations and one spine surgery.
Stryker, the world's third-largest maker of artificial joints, recalled its Tridant
hip socket in January.
The operation, which lasts about four hours, involves having to make delicate cuts to the
hip socket and thigh bone to ensure the hip can move freely within the socket.
Developmental dysplasia of the hip is a condition in which the ball at the top of the thigh bone (femoral head) is not in the correct position inside the
hip socket. It can cause uneven leg lengths, limping, and hip clicks.
S&N's Birmingham implant replaces the ball of the thighbone (femur) and the
hip socket with a metal ball and cup.
Different Q-angles: Men and women have different quadriceps angles (Q-angles)--the angle of the femur as it enters the
hip socket. Women's Q-angles are wider than men's.
The diseased acetabulum (
hip socket) was not replaced.
It involves placing a metal cap over the ball of the hip joint which slots into a metal liner in the
hip socket.
He hit a rock and sustained a fractured right
hip socket. Aviation squadron California