The joint replacement operation

Very advanced osteoarthritis or rheumatic diseases usually lead to persistent pain. Impaired walking also adversely affects life to a significant extent. Here, we’re referring to a loss of quality of life as the pain severely limits the patient’s activity. In these sorts of cases, joint-preserving conservative or operative measures are no longer sufficiently effective and the natural joint has to be replaced with an artificial joint – endoprosthesis.

The development of modern endoprosthetics over the past 30 years has today made it possible to have implants available for each patient. We can select these on an individual basis in order to replace the damaged joint surfaces and/or joints. Materials and designs have undergone developments in order to ensure decades of service life.

We place particular value on the detailed and individual consultation which is given to our patients as well as the timely planning of pre-treatment and post-treatment as part of our overall programme. Careful screening and individual surgical planning take centre stage in order to achieve the best results. Individual pain therapy which is determined with the help our anaesthesiologists and pain specialists, and careful surgical procedures (if possible, using so-called minimally invasive approaches) allow early mobilisation after the operation as well as the ability to apply loads. Through their regained ability to walk, our patients gain a new quality of life, with independence and vitality.