The reasons for replacing the hip joint include:
- Severe pain from arthritis in the hip that limits an individuals' ability to do the things they want to do
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Fractures in the elderly of the neck of the femur (usually requires a hemi-arthroplasty) - Hip joint tumors
This surgery is usually not recommended for:
- Very young patients
- Current hip infection
- People with poor skin coverage around the hip
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Paralyzed quadriceps muscles -
Nerve disease affecting the hip - Patients with severely limiting
mental dysfunction - Serious physical disease (terminal disease, such as metastatic cancer)
- Extreme obesity (weight over 300 pounds)
