Partial Hip Replacement
Current as of: June 26, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & Jeffrey N. Katz, MD – Rheumatology
A partial hip replacement removes and replaces the ball (femoral head) of the hip joint. It does not replace the socket. This surgery is most often done to repair certain types of hip fractures. The ceramic or metal ball is attached to a metal stem. This is called a hip implant. The stem is set down into the core of the…