General knowledge about artificial joint replacement

  Since the medical community began experimenting with artificial joints in the 1880s, today artificial joint replacement is internationally recognized as the most effective and reliable way to manage serious joint disease. Globally, more than one million patients undergo this procedure each year, with success rates of over 90%, with hip and knee replacements being the most common.  Nonetheless, concerns about the life of the artificial joint and recovery of function after installation are still the biggest worries of many patients before surgery. Experts explain that the wear and tear of the joint interface and the osteolysis induced by its abrasive debris are the main reasons that currently limit the long-term survival of artificial joint prostheses, so it is important to choose a high-quality interface material made and suitable for your prosthesis.  It is clinically proven that it is best to replace the artificial joint with a ceramic one. Although the price is relatively high, the wear rate of the ceramic joint ball head and ceramic socket lining together is the lowest, with an annual wear rate of only 0.01 mm, compared to prostheses made of metal or polyethylene. For patients, a lower wear rate means a longer service life, with more than 95 percent of patients lasting more than 20 years.  After successful joint replacement surgery and through scientific rehabilitation, after three months, patients are well on their way to returning to their previous normal life, dressing and undressing, sitting and walking, going up and down stairs, picking up objects, and jogging on bicycles, and are no longer bothered by pain.