There are several situations
that might require Total Joint Replacement. You may suffer from arthritis,
causing pain, deformities, and limited mobility of a joint. Joints
can degenerate over the years from stress or the aging process. In
a trauma situation, the bones may be so severely damaged that a joint needs
to be replaced in order for the patient to recover use of that area of
the body.
Osteoporosis may cause weakening
or fractures in bones, requiring the joint to be replaced.
Joint replacement surgery
can accomplish many goals. Patients usually achieve much improvement
shortly after the surgery in the following ways: |
