Is femoral head replacement a major surgery?

Femoral head necrosis is a very serious matter for many people. This condition has a great impact on people's lives and will seriously affect people's normal life and work. The phenomenon of femoral head necrosis must be taken seriously and timely treatment measures must be taken. There are also relevant surgeries in clinical practice for targeted treatment. For example, is femoral head replacement surgery a major operation?

1. Artificial joint replacement surgery, as an increasingly mature and widely used surgery, has a history of more than 50 years. The biggest purpose and advantage of this surgery is that it can reconstruct large joints that have lost their function and significantly improve the quality of life of the elderly.

2. Risks during anesthesia. Because the patients who undergo surgery are mainly elderly people, their ability to tolerate anesthesia and surgery is generally lower than that of young people. If the general condition is good, preoperative examination shows that the internal organs have no serious organic diseases, and all physiological functions are basically normal, then the entire anesthesia and surgery process is relatively safe and there is no need to worry too much.

3. Accidents and complications during the operation. The main ones include periprosthetic fractures, neurovascular injuries, thrombosis and fat embolism, etc. However, as long as the surgeon prepares carefully before the operation and performs the operation carefully during the operation, the chances of the above situations occurring are generally not high.

4. Postoperative complications. The main ones are dislocation of artificial joint prosthesis and deep vein thrombosis of lower limbs. It can usually be avoided as long as observation and guidance are strengthened after the operation. Even if it happens, it will not lead to serious consequences as long as it is handled promptly and correctly.

5. Elderly patients with joint diseases do not need to be overly afraid of artificial joint surgery, but should actively cooperate with doctors to complete various examinations, treatments and rehabilitation exercises before, during and after the operation, in order to achieve the maximum degree of joint function recovery and improve the quality of life. Since the physiological functions of the human body continue to decline with age, we do not recommend that patients adopt the strategy of "delaying as much as possible". Instead, they should choose the most appropriate time to undergo surgery under the doctor's advice to achieve the best treatment effect.