As the name suggests, hip replacement surgery replaces the worn out hip joint with a prosthetic (artificial) joint. Total hip replacement, although dating back to the 1940’s, was advanced in the UK in the 1950’s and 60’s by Sir John Charnley. Today, over 55,000 total hip replacements are performed in the UK each year. There are now many different types of hip replacement available. The most widely used consist of a metal ball articulating with a plastic socket. Some hip replacements are designed to be used with orthopaedic cement, which acts as a grout; others are designed to encourage bone growth onto the prosthesis to give long term stability (uncemented).
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Read more about Hip Replacement.
Click here to view basic hip anatomy which provides a helpful reference for these pages.
