Pain in the lateral part of the hip is a common symptom of consultation. The differential diagnosis must be made between intrarticular pain, extrarticular pain and referred pain of the lumbar spine.

In young patients, they are usually severe fractures after high-energy trauma. In patients over 65 years of age they are fractures related to osteoporosis and usually due to low-energy trauma or osteoporotic fractures.

Immediately after finishing the surgery you will be transferred to a resuscitation room where you will wait for the effect of regional anesthesia to disappear and you can move your legs or recover from general anesthesia if it has been the chosen technique.

Bilateral osteoarthritis of the hip. Scientific article published in the journal KSSTA.