Materials in a Total Hip Replacement

In this video, Dr Chien-Wen Liew discusses the method of performing a direct anterior approach total hip replacement in his patients, but in more detail about the actual materials used for the implant. Whilst there are many different types of implants used in every hip replacement, advances in materials, geometry and design have allowed hip replacements to be placed in the hip with the minimal of soft tissue trauma. Improvements in design and material composition means that whilst hip replacements are increasing in their numbers each year in Australia, the relative percentage of revisions continues to drop.
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00:00 - Start
00:28 - What I perform
01:22 - Biological fixation vs Cementation
04:11 - Historical Plastics
05:06 - Closing suture materials
05:58 - Can you feel a hip replacement?

[@season7293]

Thank you for this straight forward explanation !

[@Judy-fi7ce]

Hi Dr Liew, I had total hip replacement in both hips about a year ago, done three months apart. I had the titanium rod for the femur and porcelain ball. I had a successful recovery and am very pleased with the results. Thanks for this video.

[@orthopaedics360]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kchilz32]

Im 42 and in need of hip replacement what would be the most durable and also material that won’t interfere with getting MRI thanks