Joint Pain, Total Joint Replacement Reconstruction, Hip Resurfacing

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Joint Replacement

Hip Replacement - Joint

The hip is one of the body's largest weight-bearing joints. It consists of two main parts: a ball (femoral head) at the top of your thighbone (femur) that fits into a rounded socket (acetabulum) in your pelvis. By replacing your diseased hip joint with an artificial joint, hip replacement surgery can relieve your pain, increase motion, and help you get back to enjoying normal, everyday activities. First performed in 1960, hip replacement surgery is one of the most important surgical advances of the last century.

Hip Resurfacing - Joint

A newer technique for hip replacement that has recently emerged is called hip resurfacing. In this procedure, the socket is replaced similar to a total hip replacement. The femur, however, is covered or "resurfaced" with a hemispherical component. This fits over the head of the femur and spares the bone of the femoral head and the femoral neck. It is fixed to the femur with cement around the femoral head and has a short stem that passes into the femoral neck.

Knee Replacement - Joint

The knee is the largest joint in the body. Normal knee function is required to perform most everyday activities. If medications, changing your activity level, and using walking supports are no longer helpful, you may want to consider total knee replacement surgery. By resurfacing the damaged and worn surfaces of the knee can relieve pain, correct leg deformity and help resume normal activities.

Shoulder Joint Replacement

Shoulder replacement is less common than artificial knee or hip joint replacement. However,it is just as successful in relieving joint pain. The surgery is performed on an in-patient basis. Over the years, this surgery has come to be used for many painful conditions of the shoulder. These include: Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Post-traumatic arthritis; Rotator cuff tear; Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis); Failed previous shoulder replacement surgery.

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