Quick answer: Yes. Hip Artery Embolization (HAE) is a minimally invasive, image-guided procedure that eases chronic hip pain by reducing abnormal blood flow to the inflamed joint lining. It can relieve arthritis-related hip pain without major surgery, and most patients go home the same day.
How HAE eases hip pain
Guided by live imaging, a physician threads a thin catheter through a tiny entry point to the small arteries feeding the hip. Microscopic particles reduce the abnormal blood flow that fuels inflammation, lowering pressure and pain inside the joint without opening it.
Who tends to benefit
- Hip osteoarthritis with stiffness, swelling, and aching
- Early avascular necrosis affecting the hip
- People who haven’t gotten lasting relief from therapy, medication, or steroid injections
- Anyone hoping to delay or avoid hip replacement
Recovery
Because it works through a small entry point, there’s minimal tissue disruption. Most patients go home the same day, ease back into light activity within a few days, and notice better pain and mobility over the first weeks.
Frequently asked questions
Does HAE replace hip surgery?
For many patients it’s an effective way to delay or avoid replacement, not a like-for-like replacement of surgery.
How long is HAE recovery?
Most people go home the same day and resume light activity within a few days.
Who’s a candidate?
Those with chronic hip pain from arthritis or early avascular necrosis who want to avoid or postpone surgery.
If hip pain hasn’t eased with conservative care, HAE may offer relief without a major operation. Schedule a consultation with Interventional Spine Specialists of Florida: call (954) 708-1184 or Book Online Here.
