How many years can artificial hip replacement be used, and what is the effect?

Wang Qing, Department of Orthopaedics, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital: At present, artificial hip replacement is a very effective method for the treatment of end-stage hip diseases, and the technology is very mature. Patients can return to basic normal life. Artificial joints have a certain service life. Generally speaking, the service life of the prosthesis exceeds 90-95% in ten years and can reach more than 80% in twenty years, which is related to the quality of the prosthesis, the level of surgery, the use of patients and other factors. It is difficult to answer how many years a specific case can last. According to your age, if you have an operation now, it is estimated that you will probably need another operation later. If you wait until you are 50 or 60 years old, although the possibility of revision is reduced, you will still have to endure pain in the next 20 or 30 years. Therefore, this is a question of philosophy of life: should we resume surgery to normal working life in the most elite 20 or 30 years of life, or do surgery after decades of pain because we are afraid of revision of surgery? It depends on your decision.