Hip Replacement Surgery There are statistics that show that chronic joint pains are the biggest cause of medication for seniors in India. When the cartilage around the bones wears away gradually it results in bone-to-bone friction due to an absence of the lubricating cartilages causing joint pains. There is a lot of medication available to ease the pain and help reduce the shrinking of the cartilage tissues of the joints, but after a certain level of medication, surgery might be the only viable option for the final relief. It is important to have understood the benefits from the Doctor and then move ahead to find out the facility that is specialized and reputed in performing such surgeries for successful outcome. You may have pain while activity of daily living, like stair climbing, walking, getting up from a sitting position. You can experience pain radiating to your knee joints. If these pain which are not getting relievd with medication surgical replacement of hip a the final option. In medical literature, the total hip replacement surgery has been conducted since the 1960s and consists of replacing the damaged cartilage tissues with a metal cup socket connecting to the hip bone. The ball and socket joint mimics the socket of the pelvic region and the ball from the femur bone. When the cartilage has affected the space between the joints gets narrower than usual. The total hip replacement or total hip arthroplasty, these damaged bones and cartilage are completely removed and replaced with prosthetic implant . The damaged femur bone head is replaced with a metal stem, whereas the metal or ceramic ball is placed on the upper part of the stem for mimicking the joint and finally, the damaged cartilage of the pelvic part is replaced with a metal socket. There is a metal, plastic or ceramic spacer allowed between the ceramic ball and socket to allow easy gliding and mimicking the space between the joints mentioned earlier. this causes complete pain free moment of the hip joints Finally, the decision to undergo this surgery should always be a cooperative one made by you. Your Doctor is the best person to guide you whether to go for a surgery or not.