Total Joint Replacement
Your joints are lined with cartilage, a very tough shock-absorbing material. Injury, "wear and tear," and osteoarthritis can cause the cartilage to wear away, causing painful bone-on-bone rubbing.
When medications and therapies fail to provide relief, joint replacement is used to replace the damaged joint with artificial implants to restore pain-free motion and function. The orthopedic doctors at the Saint Vincent Orthopaedic Institute are experts at joint replacement in Erie, Pennsylvania and employ the latest techniques for joint replacement of the:
Hip