Hip replacement surgery at Spire Liverpool Hospital

At Spire Liverpool, we offer a choice of expert consultants who are passionate and committed to healthcare excellence. You can expect to receive treatment without the wait and high-quality aftercare that’s personalised to you from our highly rated nursing staff. Our facilities are clean and modern with all the comfort and convenience you’d expect at home.

At Spire Liverpool, we have wide experience in hip replacement surgery in our clean, modern facilities, including three operating theatres with laminar flow. These theatres regulate air flow to reduce the risk of infection.

Our consultants use trusted and clinically proven methods for hip replacement.

Getting here

We are only a 15 minute car journey from Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The hospital is approximately four miles from Liverpool Lime Street station in the city centre. We have free on-site parking for you and your visitors.

Your consultations

For your appointments, you’ll meet your consultant in one of our 21 consultation rooms. All of our rooms are accessible, which makes it easier if you find walking difficult prior to hip replacement.

Our dedicated orthopaedic consultants specialise in diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal (bone and muscle) conditions. Here’s what will happen before your treatment:

• If you haven’t been diagnosed yet, your consultant may recommend our advanced scanning, imaging and diagnostic technologies to look at your hip and help understand the cause of your pain or mobility problems
• Once you’ve been diagnosed or if you have a referral, your consultant will then discuss treatment options with you
• Before recommending a hip replacement, they may suggest hydrocortisone joint injections first

Your consultations give you an opportunity to ask questions and discuss your expectations, needs and desires. Your consultant will then be able to outline a treatment and care plan that’s tailored to you. Both your initial consultation and tests at this stage are charged separately to the cost of any treatment needed.

When you come in for your operation, you’ll be with us for three to four days. You’ll stay in one of our 30 large, bright private rooms. They all include:

• TV
• En-suite
• Window
• Armchair
• Bedside cabinet

If you've come with a friend or family member, they're welcome to wait in our restaurant while you have your operation.

You’ll meet your surgery team and anaesthetist. Here’s what will happen once you're ready:

• You'll have either a general anaesthetic, where you’re unconscious, or an epidural or spinal anaesthetic, where you're numb from the waist down
• If you have an epidural or spinal anaesthetic, your anaesthetist can also give you a sedative to help you relax
• Once the anaesthetic has taken effect, your surgeon will make one or more incisions in your hip, remove both the socket and the top of your thigh bone and replace them with a new artificial hip joint
• The operation should take between an hour and an hour and a half

After your operation, you’ll be taken back to your private room to start your recovery.

One of our physiotherapists will want to get you up and about as soon as you feel ready. They’ll also give you advice on how to boost your recovery using special exercises after hip replacement.

Our nursing team will give you pain relief to help you deal with any pain after your hip replacement surgery. They’ll make sure you’re comfortable and have everything you need.

Although everybody’s different and you should always follow your consultant’s advice, here’s a typical recovery timeline for hip replacement surgery: