How long will my hip or knee replacement last?

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DR. SUNIL RAJAN
Head of Department Apollo Institute of
Orthopaedics, Apollo Hospitals, Indore M.S
Orthopedics, Specialization Joint Replacement
Surgery
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How long will my hip or knee replacement last?
Nothing is permanent - There is no guarantee. The
life of any product comes with an expiry date but
it does not mean that it will last that long or
that it will not last after that period. We
cannot say for sure but the expected length of
life of a product can be predicted in ideal
conditions. There may be a lot of internal, and
external forces acting to increase or decrease
the life of a product. So is the case with Knee
and Hip replacements. There are many factors
internal and external affecting the joint
replacements which will affect the life of the
replacement. These replacements surely provide a
very major improvement in life quality and better
motion and function to people suffering from
particular conditions where their joint is stiff,
painful or locked. The knee surgery is a
cost-saver in the long run and improves the
quality of your life and gives you a
discomfort-free life after it is done for a long
long time. If the first surgery surpasses its
period or has some problem in the implant a
correctional surgery can be done to rectify the
problem which is known as revision surgery. 
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No hip or knee replacement surgery can be given a
100 success guarantee or a lifetime service
guarantee. No operation can always be fully
successful and nothing can last forever. There
are a lot of factors that matter to the life of a
replaced joint and can alter its life in both
ways, either increase it or decrease it. The
factors like the experience of the surgeon in
conducting such surgeries, the number of
surgeries being done by the surgeon, the method
and the extend of injury adjacent to the joint
could be a very deciding factor in the success of
the joint replacement. Other factors are related
to the patient that determines the success and
life of the surgery like age, weight and activity
level aspired after the surgery. Just to
understand how the factors affect let us look
into one factor called the weight of the patient
or in general terms known as obesity which can
put more pressure on the new implant and cause it
to wear out faster or malfunction due to excess
weight. This may need revision surgery sooner.
But it is not the case with every obese person.
It has seen to be successful in most of the cases
where joint has been replaced for obese people. 
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The past data and the life expectancy of the
products being used for total or partial joint
replacements are pointing towards a huge 10-15
years of top-class working of the knee if the
surgery has been done properly. The data and the
implant manufacturers say that the life
expectancy is calculated at a very low level than
it could be to give the patient and the surgeon a
realistic time frame for the proper working of
the replaced joint. It is sure to work more than
the quoted period and have people not needing a
revision surgery for more than 20 years have been
recorded. The lifetime of an implant or the joint
replacement can be increased if we give the
components idea conditions to last longer. Losing
weight before surgery, improved implant and
replacement components, better surgical
techniques and dedicated and proper
rehabilitation after surgery will surely give
more success rate to the surgery and
simultaneously the proper care of the joint will
surely make it last longer. 
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Dr. Sunil Rajan the best Orthopaedic surgeon in
Indore is also the Best knee replacement surgeon
in Indore. His highly successful joint surgeries
has also earned him the repute of being the best
Joint replacement surgeon in Indore. Book an
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