A Hip Replacement involves replacing your hip joint with an artificial version.

A Hip Replacement provides a long-term solution for worn or damaged hip joints, which can cause severe pain and loss of mobility.

Hip replacement is the most effective treatment for a hip joint that cannot function adequately and painlessly. The most common causes for surgery are:

• Osteoarthritis - this is the most common form of arthritis and occurs when connecting tissue between the joint is damaged, causing bones to rub together painfully.
• Rheumatoid Arthritis - this is caused by the immune system attacking the lining of the joint, resulting in pain and stiffness.
• Septic Arthritis - this is a form of arthritis that occurs when the joint becomes infected.
• Fracture of the neck of the thigh bone (femur) - this causes a loss of blood supply to the rounded head of the bone and may also lead to crumbling (avascular necrosis).
• Paget's disease of bone - this affects bone growth and can make bones weak and deformed.
• Bone tumours.
• Other joint injuries.

The hip joint is a ball and socket joint.

The operation replaces both the natural socket (the Acetabulum) and the rounded ball at the head of the thigh-bone (the femoral head) with artificial parts. These parts replicate the natural motion of the hip joint.