What Is Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery?

With minimally invasive total hip replacement surgery, patients experience less pain and recover in half the time. 

As nearly 200,000 U.S. patients a year will testify, total hip replacement surgery can completely transform your quality of life. But even more advantageous is minimally invasive total hip replacement, a special technique that creates a smaller incision for less trauma to underlying muscle and soft tissue. This causes less post-operative pain and a faster return to normal activities. In fact, if you choose minimally invasive hip replacement, you can expect to recover in half the time of traditional hip replacement surgery.

Minimally invasive total hip replacement surgery delivers a number of additional benefits, including:

• Less anesthesia
• Decreased blood loss
• Reduced post-operative pain, which means less pain medication during recovery
• Lower risk of medical complications, including heart and lung problems