Dr. Dickens has been trained in all aspects of hip surgery including arthroscopy and hip replacement.

Arthroscopic hip surgery is a positive measure to regain your active lifestyle that hip pain is preventing.

Arthroscopic hip surgery may:

• Relieve pain
• Improve joint stability
• Remove loose bodies
• Repair tears and damage
• Delay the onset of osteoarthritis
• Delay the need for a total hip replacement
• Improve quality of life
• Optimize activities of daily living

Through an incision the width of a straw tip, a camera is inserted allowing inspection of the joint and localizing the source of pain.  Damaged tissue can be repaired using a variety of instruments.  These instruments can shave, trim, cut, stitch, or smooth the damaged areas.

Total Hip Replacement – Anterior Approach

The Anterior Approach for total hip replacement is a tissue-sparing alternative to traditional hip replacement surgery that provides the potential for less pain, faster recovery and improved mobility because the muscle tissues are spared during the surgical procedure.

Keeping the muscles intact may also help to prevent dislocations. With the Anterior Approach, the surgeon uses one small incision on the front (anterior) of your hip as opposed to the side or back.