Hip Replacement Surgery

Overview

Hip replacement surgery entails removing bone and cartilage in your hip joint and replacing it with an artificial joint (prosthesis). It is typically done in people with joint damage from arthritis or injuries who have not responded to other treatments. Hip replacement surgery followed by rehabilitation can relieve pain and restore range of motion, allowing you to be more active.

Why choose Mayo Clinic

• Unparalleled expertise. A Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon performed the first Food and Drug Administration-approved hip replacement surgery in 1969. Since then, more than 50,000 hip replacements have been done at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic surgeons now perform more than 1,500 of these surgeries annually.
• Learning from experience. Mayo's Total Joint Replacement Database contains information on every joint replacement surgery performed at Mayo Clinic. The database helps Mayo Clinic doctors determine which surgical technique and prosthesis type will be the most effective for you. It also has led to many improvements in surgical techniques and prosthesis designs.
• Research advances. People everywhere have benefitted from research in Mayo Clinic's Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory, a leader in developing, modifying and patenting new prosthesis designs.
• Specialized treatment team. Your treatment team includes surgeons who focus exclusively on performing hip replacement surgeries and rehabilitation doctors, therapists and nurses expert in postsurgical recovery.
• Innovative pain management. Mayo Clinic doctors use new combinations of regional anesthesia and pain relief techniques that can reduce the need for general anesthesia and intravenous narcotic pain medications, decrease postsurgery pain and drug side effects and speed up your recovery.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is ranked among the Best Hospitals for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report.

Read more about hip replacement at MayoClinic.com.