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Hip Anatomy: Conditions & Treatments

Symptoms & ConditionsHip Specialists & Hip Doctors in New YorkHip Anatomy: Conditions & Treatments

Written by: Dr. Popovitz.

Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon | Fellowship-Trained Sports Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center | FAAOS

Co-Founder, NY Bone & Joint Specialists | Lenox Hill Hospital - Northwell Health

Recognized: New York Magazine Best Doctor | New York Times Super Doctor | IAOS Leading Physician of the World | IAOS Top Orthopedic Surgeon in New York

Date Published: September 16, 2018

Last Updated: October 17, 2018

Last Medically Reviewed: October 17, 2018

This page has been written and reviewed by a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeon with over 20 years of clinical experience. All clinical claims are supported by peer-reviewed literature and current AAOS and AOSSM guidelines. See References section below.

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The hip joint is one of the body’s largest weight-bearing joints, located between the thigh bone (femur) and the pelvis (acetabulum). It is a ball and socket joint in which the head of the femur is the ball and the pelvic acetabulum forms the socket. The joint surface is covered by a smooth articular cartilage which acts as a cushion and enables smooth movements of the joint. Normally, the hip joint allows movements such as flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction, internal and external rotation including circumduction.

PELVIS

The pelvis is a large, flattened, irregularly shaped bone, constricted in the center and expanded above and below. It consists of three parts: the ilium, ischium, and pubis.

The socket, acetabulum, is situated on the outer surface of the bone and joins to the head of the femur to form the hip joint.

FEMUR

The femur is the longest bone in the skeleton. It joins to the pelvis, acetabulum, to form the hip joint.

A wide range of disorders can affect the hips and may include:Hip Arthroscopy

Hip arthroscopy is a relatively new surgical technique that can be effectively employed to treat a variety of hip conditions.

HIP INJURIES & CONDITIONS

HIP SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Hip Arthroscopy

Hip arthroscopy is a relatively new surgical technique that can be effectively employed to treat a variety of hip conditions, such as hip labral tears.

Total Hip Replacement (THR)

Total Hip Replacement (THR) procedure replaces all or part of the hip joint with an artificial device (prosthesis) to eliminate pain and restore joint movement.

Hip Resurfacing

Hip Resurfacing or bone conserving procedure replaces the acetabulum (hip socket) and resurfaces the femoral head. This means the femoral head has some or very little bone removed and replaced with the metal component. This spares the femoral canal. Find out more about Hip Resurfacing from the following options.

Revision Hip Replacement

This maybe because part or all of your previous hip replacement needs to be revised. This operation varies from very minor adjustments to massive operations replacing significant amounts of bone and hence is difficult to describe in full.

Doctors Seeing Patients for Hip Conditions:

Rupesh Tarwala, MD

Christopher Martin, MD, CAQSM

John Munyak, MD

Trocon Davis, MD

Amir Razani, DO

Efime Popovitz, MD

Faton Bytici, MD

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