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Dr. George Morgan and Dr. Marcus Thorne provide joint replacement surgery options at Daviess Community Hospital.
Hip replacement is a
surgical
procedure in which the
hip
joint is replaced by a prosthetic
implant
.
Joint replacement
orthopaedic surgery
generally is conducted to relieve
arthritis
pain
or fix severe physical joint damage as part of
hip fracture treatment
. A total hip replacement (total hip arthroplasty) consists of replacing both the
acetabulum
and the femoral head while
hemiarthroplasty
generally only replaces the femoral head.
Learn more about hip replacement surgery
Knee replacement, or knee
arthroplasty
, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve the pain and disability of
osteoarthritis
.
It may be performed for other knee diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. In patients with severe deformity from advanced rheumatoid
arthritis
, trauma, or long standing osteoarthritis, the surgery may be more complicated and carry higher risk.
Osteoporosis
does not typically cause knee pain, deformity, or inflammation and is not a reason to perform knee replacement.
Learn more about knee replacement surgery
Source:
www.wikipedia.org
Dr. George Morgan, Orthopaedics
812-254-6696
Dr. Marcus Thorne, Orthopaedics
812-254-2663
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