Prosthetic Implants Today

Big improvements in hip replacement

 

Hip replacement has come a long way. Today, the typical patient undergoing a hip replacement procedure is younger and more active than in the past because improvements in technology have made artificial joints more stable and durable.

 

Two major game-changing advances have improved the technology.

 

One is that the prosthesis is designed to grow into the bone instead of needing to be cemented in place. It secures itself to the skeleton and then almost can’t loosen.

 

The other is more durable plastics in the sockets of artificial joints. They’re at least 10 times as good as the old ones.

 

This has allowed younger, more active people to overcome hip problems in a way that wasn’t possible in the past.

 

Thirty years ago, the average age of a patient was around 70. Today, total hip replacements are offered to a lot of people under the age of 50.

 

 

Due to advances in technology and Professor Sir John Charnley, who pioneered hip replacement surgery people of all ages are offered this life changing surgery enabling them to be active and pain free.

The before X-ray of hip dysplasia and the damage ostoarthritis can have on a joint.

 

X-rays or a recent hip

replacemnt done in 2021