Q: What is the Birmingham hip resurfacing surgery? How popular is it? How does it score over a total hip replacement? Is this surgery done in India? If yes, where and by whom?

A:The Birmingham total hip replacement is a type of total hip replacement which is indicated only sometimes in younger patients. The other details of this can only be discussed after the patient has been seen. The operation is done in all major centres in India and the prosthesis for this is about 30% more expensive than the non-cemented total hip replacement.