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A hip replacement is typically recommended when the cartilage in your hip joint is severely damaged, leading to intense pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility—symptoms that no longer improve with conservative treatments like medication, physiotherapy, or injections. The main goal of the surgery is to relieve pain and restore your ability to move and perform daily activities comfortably.
Common conditions that lead to hip replacement include osteoarthritis (the most common cause, due to wear and tear of cartilage), avascular necrosis (AVN) where bone collapses from loss of blood supply, rheumatoid arthritis, hip fractures (especially in elderly patients), and post-traumatic arthritis, which can develop after a prior injury to the joint.
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