I'm curious and have been doing some research on replacement facts...
This link from Cleveland Hospital mentions approx 240,000 hip replacements are performed in the U.S. yearly.... There are 300Million+ population in the U.S.
COULD NOT POST LINK...WILL TRY AGAIN.
I was talking to an online friend in B.C. Canada and her "mum" had a posterior and is doing good, but I read there are some 30,000 hip replacements in Canada per year, with a population of 30Million+.
The Anterior is not done much in Canada but I read that it being done in Montreal, how true this is I don't know.
Does anyone have any "clues" on which country in Europe has the MOST replacements done annually?
Forget the 3rd world countries, they are lucky to be barely alive...sad but so true.
I had a link to post, but it's not posting, so I'll try it again.....
Let's see if this works:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/joint_replacement/hic_joint_replacement.aspx
The three most common joint replacement surgeries are hip, knee, and shoulder.
... 240,000 total hip replacements are performed in the United States each year ...
But I found a later fact chart giving 719,000 knee replacements and 332,000 hip replacements in the U.S. annually.....
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My little brother (59) in France had his THR done 3 years ago, anterior approach, he says at least 3 people in his network of friends had THR done too. So i am guessing the numbers in France must be on the high side. Thanks to medical advances. In the old days..maybe 20 years ago, people just endured the pain and survived it with pain killers. We are lucky. Even as you said, some surgeries do not always come out exactly as expected.
I am from 3rd world Country, and I use this website in fact I have had an hip replacement which went very well. One year on and have nothing to complain about. Oh I am not barely alive I am living.
Regards
No offense Hally1, guess there is so much tragic news today from the middle east etc....so many dying from needless reasons as I see it.
May I ask which country you are from? j
Not offend.
It is very annoying, and sometime we are take for granted. I am from West Africa, Guinea-Bissau probable you have never heard of it.
Thank you for explaining, I've heard of New Guinea but not your location, I'll have to look it up....it's good to get educated on so much of the world, Did you have to travel for your replacement and was it a posterior?
Due to my age and badly damaged hip. I need to travel to England to have my operation. In fact British population have very high percentages on joint replacements.
hally1, I just had a brief education on your country...I know a bit about all parts of the world and now know a bit about your country.....thanks to National Geographc and Discovery TV I've learned so much since my retirement and thanks to the internet bringing the world a bit closer for everyone. I have friends my age who NEVER had a computer, the net is sure life expanding, just need to grab it.
Wonder about other countries in Europe, lots of replacements done in them...does your country have a lot of arthritis and joint issues....so curious about the world since I went thru mine here in the U.S. j
I don't think they let you post links...you can give some general information and we can google it from that..I've noticed people have tried to give links to various sites but the forum always comes back and says it deleted the message because of the link, which they can't have or it assumes the forum endorses it, etc. etc. etc.
actually is that common, for a country with 1.664 million population, and during years of treatments I meet only a hand full of people with this conditions. Nevertheless I have learnt a lot when I arrived in Europe for treatment.
Thank you very for your precious time that you spent on doing some research about my Country. I totally agree about the technology, we just need to grab.
If you don't mind me asking, you been thru nine? I am just in my twenties and I had already have one wich take 6 hours and 45 minute.
So do I understand that NOT many in your country have arthritis?
And you are only 20something, did you have an accident or could you say why you needed hip replacement.
I went thru 1 hip replacement at 72, I'm now soon 76. I'm doing OK but not as good as I'd like to be. j
Thanks for this info, we'll see if the info I posted shows up.
I'm a member of other health boards and we are permitted to post links.....so we'll see here...
Hello Hally, This forum is wonderful and I'm glad you found it...in the past there have been a few converstions from young adults just like yourself...I'm so sorry that you have had so much trouble, at such a young age, but glad that you were able to find help in Britian. There are many people here from lots of countries and the information is well worth reading, but remember always do what your doctor tells you to, and if you are not happy what he is saying question him and come to some resolution that you feel comfortable with. I am in Canada and wish you all the best, patricia
Lucky, yes and no, even with a new hip, I take too many pain meds, iburpofen most days 6 per day...right now as I sit here typing my op thigh is burning....grrrrrrr....that is my mild angry grunt.
I am so sorry Joy. 
My numbness is not causing any pain, it is just annoying, and so is the swelling on the side. The swelling actually has come down from what it was, but i still have one thigh slightly larger than the other and i honestly don't give a damn about it. I can understand your anger, having to take all this med - i would be too if i had to live with painkillers. I hope that eventually something can be done to get rid of the pain at least.
Hello Joy - I am a fellow hippie, now 5 weeks post TLHR in England; I'm 48 and was distraught I needed THR my age (because of oa caused probably by bone growth causing excessive wear in the joint. Good news is that the other hip looks ok for the moment!
I have a leaflet from the charity Arthritis Research UK that says over 70,000 people have hip replacement surgery in England and Wales every year, and rising. There is also The National Joint Registry for England, Wales and N Ireland, which records details of joint replacement ops to monitor the results of surgery and protect patient safety. They provide a host of info to both surgeons and patients about - quoting from their leaflet - different implants, performance of implants and surgeons, etc.Web is njrcentre dot org dot uk, where they make a public and patient guide available, although I haven't looked at it myself yet.
Hi Joy, just remembered something else my consultant told me. In England surgeons also use data from Sweden and Australia, where apparently there are also high volumes of hip replacements. For some reason they don't tend to compare with US data; I get the impression that's because the private funding nature of healthcare in the US creates a different environment for data comparisons (just my guess) - my consultant was a bit critical of the high volume of Anterior surgeries in the US, suggesting it was good PR for the hospitals and surgeons (speed, etc) but he quoted a figure of 30% subsequent problems like muscle detachment and nerve damage, which don't get such high press reports.
kaleani, it's not just the numbness and tingling, I am challenged with osteo arthritis body wide. and to a degree Fibromyalgia.
I take a LOT of supplements too as I want NO MORE surgeries for my joints and lower back.
The numbness and tingling is annoying and uncomfortable....don't feel it while sleeping but once I'm up and moving around it begins....
I manage but with disappointment.
Just talking to a friend who moved out of our area, she actually went with me for my first appt with surgeon for hip surgery....she knows what I've been thru, and made the comment the tingling could be a sign of nerve healing....
Hope this is true, she is an RN, and has her issues too, just got the Crohns dx. My stomach and digestion are good....I take supps for stomach protection. DGL is my main stomach protector.