Arthritis and Total Hip Replacement

             Total Hip Replacement, also known as Total Hip Athroplasties, was
             first performed in the 1960's. It's considered one of the most successful
             operations in all of medicine. Over 300,000 Total hip replacements are
             performed each year in the United States. The Hip joint is one of the
             largest joints in the body. It is called a ball and socket joint: the ball
             is the top of the femoral head. The socket is part of the pelvis bone
             called the acetabulum. The bone surface is covered with a cartilage that
             is called articular. This is smooth tissue that makes a cushion for the
             bone and allows bones to move easily. There is also a thin liquid that
             lubricates the joints which is secreted from the synovial membrane. The
             purpose of this paper is to give an- in -depth description of the anterior
             Total Hip Replacement approach, some of the causes of Total hip
             replacement, some of the functional changes that can occur in response to
             injury, what test they need to perform in order to diagnose tha, how the
             doctors can treat this, and the relevance Total Hip replacement takes in
             Total Hip Replacement consists of surgery to replace ends of bones
             in a damaged joint, to create new joint surfaces. Total hip will replace
             the proximal end of femur bone with a metal bone and a metal ball, and
             resurfaces the hip socket in the pelvic bone with a metal shell and plastic
             liner. In a step by step process the surgery will replace damaged cartilage
             with new joint material. Some doctors may choose to replace joint with
             cement, and some may choose to do it without cement. The cemented joints
             are attached to bone. This then acts as glue, and attaches the artificial
             There are some new material trends that are becoming more popular.
             There are some ways to make the implants more durable and safer. The first
             material is metal on plastic, this is most commonly used today .Doctors use
             a metal femoral head that moves withi...

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