This area of the website goes into much more detail about hip operations. We recommend that first you look at the hip timeline, this will give you an overview of the whole process from the onset of pain through to follow-up where an operation takes place.
Then come back here and have a look at what to do before an operation, what the operation itself involves and the possible complications of the surgery:
Hip replacement timeline
An overview of the whole hip replacement procedure, from the onset of pain to follow-up after the operation.
Things to do before a hip replacement
Advice from our medical panel on the things to be thinking about and doing before a hip operation to make life as smooth as possible afterwards.
Hip replacement surgery
A more detailed look at what is involved in the most common hip replacement operations: resurfacing, total hip replacement and also revisions.
Possible complications from hip replacement surgery
A look at what can go wrong with hip replacement operations.
Do?s and don?ts following a hip replacement
Advice from our medical panel on what you should and should not be doing following hip replacement surgery.
