Hip replacement is the surgical removal of a painful hip joint due to arthritis. Your orthopedic surgeon replaces it with an artificial joint typically made from metal and plastic components. We recommend this procedure when all other treatment options have failed to provide adequate pain relief.
A hip replacement procedure is meant to relieve a painful hip joint and make walking easier. Hip replacement surgery can be performed one of two ways. Traditional open surgery or a minimally-invasive arthroscopic technique. The main differences between the two procedures are the size of the incision and recovery time.
Most hip replacement surgeries today are performed using the standard 8 to 10-inch incision along the side of the hip. More recently, doctors have been using a minimally-invasive approach, one or two incisions from 2 to 5-inches long. We perform the same procedure through these smaller incisions as we do with standard hip replacement surgery.
Smaller incisions typically reduce blood loss, pain after surgery, hospital stays and scarring. They are believed to reduce healing and recovery time, as well.
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You won’t find a better Knee Surgeon than Dr. Torrance Walker! I’ve had too many surgeries and Dr.
Walker did my replacement a few years back. He is great and I’ve had no problems with my replacement
surgery and no problem after! I am pain free and so glad that I found Dr. Walker. He also replaced a
knee for my Mother as well as numerous friends over the years! I highly recommend Dr. Walker!
Mike Norwood
Dr. Walker did a total knee replacement on me in the summer of 2024. I am a teacher, so I get
medical procedures done during summers. Dr. Walker is the best!! You cannot go wrong having him as
your surgeon! I had the surgery on July 1st and was ready to go back to work on August 1st. By the
way, I weigh 330lbs. and it was not a problem getting back in the swing of things again.
Terence Gariano
You won’t find a better Knee Surgeon than Dr. Torrance Walker! I’ve had too many surgeries and Dr.
Walker did my replacement a few years back. He is great and I’ve had no problems with my replacement
surgery and no problem after! I am pain free and so glad that I found Dr. Walker. He also replaced a
knee for my Mother as well as numerous friends over the years! I highly recommend Dr. Walker!
Mike Norwood
Dr. Walker did a total knee replacement on me in the summer of 2024. I am a teacher, so I get
medical procedures done during summers. Dr. Walker is the best!! You cannot go wrong having him as
your surgeon! I had the surgery on July 1st and was ready to go back to work on August 1st. By the
way, I weigh 330lbs. and it was not a problem getting back in the swing of things again.
Terence Gariano
