Patient Education: About Joint Replacement

Your Treatment Options
Hip and Knee Pain

Topics
• Understanding the Causes of Joint Pain
• Treatment Options
• What Joint Replacement Surgery Involves
• Realistic Expectations After Joint Replacement

The Hip Joint

The Knee Joint

Did you know?
• More than 300,000 knee replacements are performed each year in the US. 1
• More than 300,000 hip replacements are performed in the United States each year 2

Source:
1. National Development Conference, National Institutes of Health, December 2003
2. "Arthroplasty and Total Joint Replacement Procedures: 1991 to 2000." AAOS

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