Circumstances where your hip has been impaired by fracture, arthritis or any other injury, simple movements like walking, sitting and even bending down might become painful and strenuous. Possibilities of feeling uncomfortable while sleeping is likely to prevail. Despite taking medicines or using walking support does not help then you might be recommended to have a hip replacement surgery.Hip replacement surgery is a surgical procedure where the hip joint is replaced by implanting a hip prosthesis. It consists of fixing both the acetabulum and the femoral head. During this procedure damage femoral head is dismantle and replace with a metal stem which is either cemented or implanted into the hollow centre of the femur. The damage femoral head is replaced with metal or ceramic ball. While the cartilage is replaced with metal socket followed by a metal spacer made of metal, plastic or ceramic which is implanted between the new ball and socket for easing the mobility.And the best part of hip replacement surgery is that there is no age or weight restriction for performing the surgery.

Situations where your knee is critically damaged by injury or arthritis which is restricting you from performing daily or basic activities like stair climbing, walking, sitting and lying which do not get cured even by medication, then your doctor might recommend having a total knee replacement surgery.Total Knee Replacement Surgery also termed as knee arthroplasty, is a common surgery that involves replacing the injured or damaged joint surface of knee with metal and plastic elements which are used to cap the edges of the bones forming the knee joint, including the knee cap which facilitates relief in pain and easy knee mobility by increasing the life expectancy of your knee joint by more than 15 years.

Partial Knee Replacement or Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is an alternative medical procedure for total knee replacement that is use for curing arthritis in either of the knee parts in which the damaged elements of the knee are changed. Partial knee replacement procedure results in minimising the pain and recovery period, especially in people with or above 75 years of age.In this surgery, the surgeon might set up the surgical instruments to identify the amount of bone to be eliminated. The surgeon uses smaller incision of 3-4 inches as compare to incision use during total knee replacement. After deciding the proper size for implantation, the surgeon will place the implant on the edges of the bone which is fixed firmly with pegs. Lastly, the surgeon will secure the wound with stitches. Since, it does not damage the knee cap, resulting into faster recovery.Other additional and important advantages of Partial knee replacement include; improved joint mobility, reduction in blood loss during the procedure, lessening the amount of time spent by patient in hospital which eventually reduces the cost.