Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is high blood pressure in the heart-to-lung system that delivers fresh (oxygenated) blood to the heart while returning used (oxygen-depleted) blood back to the lungs. Pulmonary versus systemic blood pressure.
Two types of surgery are used. 1  Hip repair (internal fixation). 2  Hip repair involves stabilizing broken bones with surgical screws, nails, rods, or plates. 3  This type of surgery is usually for people who have fractures in which the bones can be properly aligned.
total hip arthroplasty replacement of the femoral head and acetabulum with prostheses (femoral and acetabular components) that are anchored to the bone, done to replace a severely damaged hip joint. A, Total hip arthroplasty. A cementless prosthesis allows porous ingrowth of bone.