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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.

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