AGE NO BAR FOR BONE SURGERIES
The news is very pleasant and induces hopes to the life expectancy of old aged people.As the age increase the bones get weakened and more brittle.
Osteoporosis is more common in old aged people and is a hurdle to make a surgery to repair a broken hip in that age.
But now the news said regional anesthesia, better pain management, and implanting uncemented surgical parts make the procedure less risky.
There are two methods of hip repairs.1. Total hip replacement in which the whole hip bones and the ball are replaced.2.Hemiarthroplasty in which only the ball is replaced.
The first one is more complicated than the second one and holds more life expectancy.
Both can be possible at an old age but the most preferable one is hemiarthroplasty.
