Chronic pain in your hip can be debilitating and can prevent you from doing the simple things you enjoy in life. Most patients that choose hip replacement surgery suffer from osteoarthritis. The procedure can also be used to treat other conditions that cause pain and restricted movement in the hip, such as:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Hip fracture
- Septic arthritis
- Disorders that cause unusual bone growth (bone dysplasia).
If you are experiencing severe hip pain, and non-surgical treatments have not helped to reduce the pain or improve your mobility, then your consultant may recommend a hip replacement.
A hip replacement takes between one to two hours. As a patient, you will usually have a general anaesthetic, spinal anaesthetic or an epidural. If you prefer to be asleep whilst the procedure takes place then you can discuss this with your consultant. Your surgeon will make an incision in the hip area, remove the existing hip joint and replace it with a prosthetic one. This will be made of metal, plastic or ceramic.
The length of time it takes you to recover from the operation depends on a range of factors, including your age and the type of procedure you choose. However, most patients only need to spend around three days in hospital. Our dedicated recovery team of specialist orthopaedic nurses and physiotherapists will work with you closely to make sure you build strength and mobility as quickly as possible.
Below is an outline of our self-pay hospital package which includes tests, hospital stay and procedure. Please note: it does not include consultant fees, which may vary.
Hospital package from:
- £14,245 (daycase)
- £15,595 (2 nights)
- £16,915 (3 nights)
- £18,235 (4 nights)
- £19,485 (5 nights)
Indicative consultant fees from £1,100
Inclusions
- Standard pre-admission tests, including electrocardiogram (ECG) and chest X-ray
- Accommodation in a private en-suite room up to four nights (though longer stays are provided if required, at an increased package price)
- All meals
- Nursing
- Ward medications and dressings
- Theatre procedure and anaesthetics
- Inpatient physiotherapy, pathology, occupational therapy, surgical stockings and crutches
- Post-op and discharge medication
Exclusions
- Consultant consultation fee
- Consultant procedure fee
- Non-standard diagnostic and histology tests
- Any additional costs not specified in the package inclusions
Included in the package price:
- Consultant Surgeon and Consultant Anaesthetist procedure fees.
- Two follow-up consultations with consultant within post-op timeframe.
- Pre-admission outpatient tests, which includes standard pathology and diagnostic tests (ECG & Chest X-ray), if required.
- Recovery and accommodation which includes a stay in a private en-suite room.
- Ward medications, dressings, and nursing consumables.
- Theatre procedure, including anaesthetic drugs and theatre consumables.
- Theatre prosthesis.
- Pathology and histology, if required.
- Standard post–op medication issued and used during the inpatient stay.
- Inpatient physiotherapy and surgical stockings, if required.
- Discharge medication pertaining to the condition being treated by this package.
- All patient meals and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Post-op X-rays and physiotherapy pertaining to the procedure within six weeks.
- Return to theatres within six weeks of the procedure date due to complication.
Excluded from the package price:
- Take out supplies
- Companion beds and catering for relatives / visitors.
- Personal expenses –telephone calls, additional catering, ambulances, etc…
If additional night’s stay, diagnostics, or other services are requested from your consultant you will not be charged in addition for these as these are included within the Fixed Price Package.
Consultants offering this package:
- Miss Samantha Tross, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Professor Ali Ghoz, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
When enquiring about this package please quote W3712.
