Surgical Cases: Total Hip Replacement

Pre-operative image of a 54-year-old male patient with longstanding right-sided hip pain. The pelvic X-ray demonstrates full-thickness cartilage loss, with periarticular bone spurs and deformity of the femoral head. Post-operative image shows the patient has now undergone a right total hip replacement through a direct anterior approach, with anatomic component positioning and restoration of his native hip length and offset.

Pre-operative image of a 33-year-old male patient with longstanding right-sided hip pain, stiffness, and chronic shortening of the limb. The hip X-ray demonstrates avascular necrosis with complete collapse of the femoral head and destruction of the articular cartilage.

The patient has now undergone a right total hip replacement through a direct anterior approach, with anatomic component positioning and restoration of his native hip length and offset.