What happens to ligaments during the procedure?

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Hi

I'm down for a R BHR with Dr in Canberra at the end of July.

I've already asked him a whole lot of questons but I forgot to ask

him this one. Can anyone enlighten me?

During an operation, once a surgeon has gained access to the hip

capsule (my surgeon says he separates the gluteus maximus muscle from

the pelvis) how do they typically get through the ligaments which

surround it? Do the ligaments have to be cut to free the femoral

head or can a surgeon just dislocate the hip by stretching a ligament

here and there? Neither solution is ideal, but ligaments are

usually much less resilient to damage than muscles and tendons and I

wonder what state they're left in after a typical resurfacing?

Thanks

Tony