Knee and Hip Replacement

When certain severe conditions, like arthritis or injuries, lead to extreme pain in the knee or hip and cause difficulty in walking, doctors may recommend surgery to relieve the pain and make movement easier.

Follow the links below to find information about to knee and hip replacement.

Reviewed July 2009

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Title:   Knee replacement surgery
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Knee replacement surgery is a technique that removes a diseased knee joint and replaces it with an artificial joint (prosthesis). The most common reason for this operation is severe osteoarthritis. Knee replacement surgery is known as 'total knee arthroplasty'.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Arthritis and surgery: hip replacement - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out how a hip replacement can help people with arthritis.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Arthritis and surgery: knee replacement - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out when a knee replacement may be necessary and what the procedure involves.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Processed versus fresh frozen bone for impaction bone grafting in revision hip arthroplasty
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the advantages and disadvantages of using fresh frozen bone or processed bone for repairing the hip bone during surgery....
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Arthroplasties (with and without bone cement) for proximal femoral fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many different types of artificial hip joints (arthroplasties) may be used to treat a break in the thigh bone (femur) near the hip joint (hip fracture). Differences in these artificial joints include different shapes of the stem set into the bone; the i...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Posterior versus lateral surgical approach for total hip arthroplasty in adults with osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effects of a posterior or lateral approach in total hip replacement surgery for osteoarthritis. The review shows that:...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for preventing heterotopic bone formation after hip arthroplasty
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Abnormal bone formation in the muscles around the hip occurs after about one third of all hip replacements. Use of an NSAID (apart from low dose aspirin) around the time of surgery reduces the risk of such bone developing by between one half and two thi...
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   Pre-operative education for hip or knee replacement
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   How well does information and education given before hip or knee replacement surgery improve recovery? To answer this question, scientists analysed 9 studies testing over 750 people, 58 to 71 years old. These people had hip or knee replacement surgery ...
Date:   Nov 2003
Title:   Internal fixation implants for intracapsular proximal femoral fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many different types of implants are used to fix fractures of the hip, which are close to the hip joint (intracapsular fractures). Implants are used to stabilise the bone during healing thereby reducing the chance of the bones slipping out of line. They...
Date:   Jun 2003
Title:   Epidural analgesia for pain relief following hip or knee replacement
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Epidural analgesia may give good pain relief after hip or knee replacement surgery, but this benefit must be weighed against the possibility of adverse effects and complications. Hip and knee replacements are common operations to improve mobility and qu...
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Surgical approaches for inserting hemiarthroplasty of the hip
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Arthroplasty (total hip replacement) involves replacing both the socket in the hip and the thigh side of the joint with an artificial joint. Hemiarthroplasty (partial hip replacement) leaves the socket intact, replacing only the thigh side. This is used...
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Osteoarthritis: high BMI increases chance of hip replacement - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A study has found that overweight people are more likely to need a total hip replacement as a result of osteoarthritis than people with a healthy weight.
Date:   Jun 2001
Title:   Mobile bearing vs fixed bearing prostheses for total knee arthroplasty for post-operative functional status in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   To answer this question, scientists analysed 2 studies that tested over 150 people with osteoarthritis of the knee (6 had rheumatoid arthritis). These people had total knee replacement surgery with either a mobile or fixed bearing knee implant and were ...
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgery for proximal femoral and other closed long bone fractures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Wound infection and other hospital acquired infections can be life threatening in people following surgery for thigh and other long bone fractures. Antibiotics have been given routinely since the 1970s in an effort to reduce infections from bacteria suc...
Date:   Nov 2000
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