What Is A Safe Size for Hip Implants?

Q: Dr. Eppley, what size is a safer hip implant?

A: The best way to think about it is the size of the hip implant would fall short of your expectations/goals. Big hip implants have a very high rate of problems. The concept is it is better to have 50% of what you want with less risk of complications than 100% of what you want with a complication. As the only way to solve most implant problems is to remove them.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon