Innovative Orthopedics & Sports Orthopedics
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Innovative Orthopedics & Sports Orthopedics


The modern surgical procedures, hip- and knee joints to replace them with artificial joints, are a groundbreaking development in modern medicine. The initially used stainless steel has given way to new alloys and titanium metal, the plastic used (polyethylene) is of higher quality, and for the hip head, manufacturers process almost exclusively ceramic.

The surgical approaches have become more gentle, the incisions smaller, and rehabilitation after the procedure is faster. And medicine has not stopped at other joints either: In the early 1980s, the first artificial knee joints were implanted, shoulder– and ankle joints followed.

Artificial joints with long lifespan

The endoprosthetic surgeons of the Premium Medical Circle provide many thousands of patients annually with an artificial hip joint or artificial knee joint. An intervention that pays off: The expected average lifespan of an artificial joint can now be set at at least 15 years; significantly longer service lives are more the rule than the exception. The essential gain in most cases is the achieved pain relief. And the newly acquired mobility is the greatest plus for the quality of life that patients report.

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