Customized hip replacement would imply that the CT scan of the hip was performed preoperatively and the hip joint was made very specifically for the patient.  In 2018, we do not have a customized hip. For a variety of other reasons, we have customized knee implants but we do not have customized hip replacements. Customized knee implants are an attempt to improve the satisfaction scores after total knee replacement surgery. As against knee replacement surgery the outcomes after hip replacement are excellent and is one of the reasons why there has been little effort to develop customized hip implants.
All the hip replacements are over the shelf.  The surgeon sizes the hips intraoperatively and based on the preoperative templating and the surgeon uses “off the shelf” implants. During surgery, the surgeon measures the size of the implant, places the trials into the hip, trials the hip through a physiological range of motion and then makes the final selection. The final implants are taken from the shelf, the implants are then opened and placed into the hip by the surgeon. Learn more about what we offer and robotic hip replacements.