The hip preservation surgery consists in a series of innovative surgical techniques to treat multiple diseases of the hip joint, maintaining its integrity and not requiring the placement of a prosthesis. Therefore, it is often the most adequate solution in the case of teens and adults up to 45-50 years with hip problems, including athletes. Within the Hospital da Luz Network, medical assessment to access this surgery is done in the Orthopaedics Consultation – Hip Preservation Surgery , by Paulo Rego . Coordinator of the Orthopaedics Service and professor at Lisbon University Medicine Faculty, he has dedicated himself to the area, having already performed over 1,000 surgeries of the kind over the last years. The hip preservation surgery: Improves the hip joint functioning, solving problems that cause pain and limitations in daily activities, including the practice of sport; Englobes multiple surgical techniques (arthroscopic surgery, surgical luxation, and Bernese periacetabular osteotomy) which altogether enable to restore the natural anatomy of the hip joint; Typically, it is destined to young patients, aged between 10 and 45-50 years, with hip pain of intra-articular origin , due to femoral-acetabular impingement or developmental dysplasia. In more aged patients, this kind of surgery is only indicated in exceptional cases, since the result is not as satisfying and other complications may occur. Learn more about hip preservation surgery . Schedule your appointments in the MY LUZ app or on the web version of MY LUZ .
