Is Your Hip Replacement Failing?
A hip that worked well for years can start to give out. You may need a revision if you are experiencing:
Not every painful replacement needs revision surgery. Pain in that area can come from your back, your other hip, or the soft tissue around the joint, and the fix for those is not another operation. X-rays, blood work, and sometimes a scan sort out which one you are dealing with. The first step is finding out what is actually going on. That is a conversation, not a commitment.
You already did this once. You should not have to guess your way through it twice.
Most people facing a hip revision did not expect to be here. The first replacement worked. You got your life back, and you stopped thinking about the hip at all. Then something changed, slowly or all at once, and now you are planning your day around pain in a joint you thought you were done with. Replacement hip problems are more common than most people realize, and they are not a sign you did anything wrong.
Waiting works differently here than it does before a first replacement. When an implant loosens, it shifts against the bone holding it, and that bone wears away a little at a time. The more bone that goes, the more complicated the repair becomes and the fewer options are left. Hip replacement failure caught early usually means a smaller operation than the same problem caught two years later.
A revision of total hip arthroplasty is not a repeat of the first surgery. Scar tissue has to be worked through. Components that are still firmly attached have to come out without taking healthy bone with them. What goes back in depends partly on what is found once the joint is open, which is why a revision is planned with more contingencies than a first replacement and takes longer in the operating room.
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Every surgery Dr. Mitchell performs at Total Joint Solutions is automatically enrolled in MyGuarantee, a comprehensive 5-year program that protects you against the unexpected. If a covered complication arises, MyGuarantee will reimburse you for qualified out-of-pocket expenses up to $5,000, at no cost to you.
What Revision Recovery Actually Looks Like
A revision asks more patience of you than a first replacement did, and the timeline is less predictable.
Day of Surgery
You are helped up and moving with a walker. Whether you go home that evening or stay depends on how extensive the work turned out to be, and that is often decided in the operating room rather than beforehand.
First Two Weeks
Walking is the work. You lean on the walker longer than you likely did the first time, and there may be limits on how much weight the hip can take depending on what was rebuilt. Short walks, often, beat long ones.
Weeks Three to Six and Beyond
Strength and confidence come back in steps. Restrictions lift in stages, and the stages are set by what was actually done in surgery rather than by the calendar.
Trusted by Hundreds of Oklahoma City Patients
Dr. Mitchell and his team hold consistent 5-star ratings from the patients they have helped get back to walking, working, traveling, and living without hip pain running the show.
The Same Care We’d Want for Our Own Family
Customer service in healthcare has a famously low bar. We refuse to clear it and call it a day. Our philosophy is simple: we deliver the same care we would want for our own family members facing joint problems. Straight answers, easy access to our team, and a dedicated group of people who know your name and stay with you from the first visit onward.
You will never feel like a chart number here.
FAQS
Hip Replacement FAQs
Common Questions, Clear Answers – What patients ask most before deciding on
hip replacement.
Find Out Why That Hip Still Hurts
You do not have to decide anything today. The first step is an honest look at what is happening inside that hip and what your options actually are. One conversation, and you stop guessing.
