Find evidence-based answers to common questions about joint replacements and orthopaedic care.
Primary hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which a damaged hip joint is replaced with artificial components to relieve pain, improve movement, and restore function.
Candidates are usually patients with severe hip pain, stiffness, reduced walking ability, and joint damage that has not improved with medicines, physiotherapy, or lifestyle changes.
Like any surgery, risks may include infection, blood clots, dislocation, implant wear, nerve injury, or delayed recovery. Careful planning and rehabilitation help reduce these risks.
Recovery usually begins with early mobilisation, guided physiotherapy, walking support, pain control, and gradual return to daily activities over the following weeks.
Modern hip replacements can last many years, often 15–20 years or more, depending on implant quality, activity level, bone health, and long-term care.
Revision hip replacement is a corrective surgery performed when an old hip implant has failed, loosened, worn out, become infected, or is causing pain and instability.
Revision may be needed when the implant becomes loose, painful, infected, unstable, damaged, or when surrounding bone quality changes significantly.
Knee replacement is a procedure in which damaged joint surfaces are replaced with implants to reduce pain, improve alignment, and restore movement.
If knee pain, stiffness, swelling, deformity, or limited walking persists despite medicines, injections, and therapy, your surgeon may evaluate you for replacement.
Recovery begins immediately with physiotherapy and walking support. Functional improvement continues over weeks to months depending on strength, motion, and rehabilitation.
Knee microplasty is a joint-preserving option for selected conditions where early correction may help reduce pain and preserve more natural structures.
Revision surgery is done when an old knee implant becomes loose, worn, painful, unstable, infected, or mechanically failed.
Sports medicine covers ligament injuries, meniscus tears, cartilage problems, tendon issues, shoulder and knee instability, and overuse injuries.
No. Many injuries improve with rest, rehabilitation, bracing, medicines, and guided therapy. Surgery is considered when instability, tears, or function loss persists.
Complex trauma refers to severe fractures, joint injuries, multi-fragment bone damage, implant-related fractures, or injuries requiring advanced reconstruction.
Recovery planning includes wound care, imaging follow-up, pain control, progressive weight-bearing, physiotherapy, and close monitoring of healing and alignment.
