A hip replacement removes the worn ball of the thighbone and resurfaces the socket, replacing both with a smooth artificial joint. It relieves arthritis pain and restores movement, and is usually recommended once pain limits walking, sleep or daily activities despite medication and physiotherapy.
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Pick your situation below for an instant indicative range. Your exact figure comes back within 1 hour of us seeing the X-ray.
Today's workhorse bearing and the best value for most patients over 55. Very low wear rates, forgiving, no squeak risk. This is what most surgeons put in their own family.
Indicative ranges only. Final cost depends on implant brand and bearing, bone quality, BMI, deformity, whether one or both hips are done and any medical condition needing extra care. We share a written, itemised estimate before you travel and flag anything that could change it.
Four questions. No sign-up, no phone number.
Next: a 30-second score that tells you how bad it really is
Surgeons decide on symptoms far more than on X-rays. Move the six sliders the way your hip really behaves — this mirrors the Oxford Hip Score used in clinics worldwide.
Educational estimate only. It does not replace an orthopaedic examination or an X-ray, and a low score can also come from the spine, the knee or soft-tissue problems around the hip.
A score this low means the hip is dictating your day. Hip replacement is one of the most reliable operations in medicine and this is exactly the group that gains the most. Send the films today — we escalate these cases.
Ask a surgeon about a score of 7The single question that should decide your bearing choice. Set your age and how active you really are, and see how far the implant is expected to take you.
expected service life with ceramic on cross-linked poly at this age and activity level
One revision in your lifetime is realistic — worth choosing a bearing and a surgeon who plan for it.
Projections based on published registry survivorship for modern implants. Real implant life also depends on bone quality, weight, surgical technique and infection risk.
Anterior vs posterior — which one gets you walking sooner?
The approach changes your first three weeks far more than your tenth year. Tap one to see the honest trade-off — including who it does not suit.
Drag the slider to see exactly what week 6 feels like
The most common question we get is not about the surgery — it is "when will I walk normally again?" Slide through the realistic timeline.
Spinal anaesthesia wears off in a few hours; a physiotherapist gets you upright the same evening with a walking frame.
A new hip is meant to be used. These are the usual clearances at six months — your surgeon may widen or narrow them depending on your implant and bone.
From the first WhatsApp message to your one-year review at home.
A standing pelvis X-ray (both hips) plus a lateral view, any MRI if AVN is suspected, and a note of what you can and cannot do. Photos of the films held to a window are fine.
A senior arthroplasty surgeon grades the arthritis, confirms whether replacement is needed now or can wait, and recommends the approach and implant for your age, weight and activity.
An itemised estimate with the implant brand named, plus a hospital invitation letter for the medical visa, usually issued in 2–4 hours, for you and your attendants together.
Blood tests, ECG and echo if needed, dental and urine screening to rule out hidden infection, physician and anaesthetist clearance, plus templating of the implant sizes on your X-ray.
Usually under spinal anaesthesia so you are comfortable and awake-free of a breathing tube, with a nerve block for pain. Tranexamic acid keeps blood loss low — most patients need no transfusion.
A physiotherapist has you sitting and standing the same evening and walking with a frame within hours. Pain relief in the joint itself is usually obvious from day one.
You leave the hospital walking with a stick or walker, with a printed exercise plan in your language and daily physiotherapy at your accommodation or as an outpatient.
Stitches out, wound checked, X-ray repeated and clearance to fly with in-flight clot precautions. Then video physiotherapy reviews at 6 weeks, 3 months and one year.
These are typical results at high-volume partner centres doing 500+ joint replacements a year. Your own result depends on how stiff the hip already is, your weight, bone quality and how seriously you do the physiotherapy.
Blood thinners for 2–4 weeks, calf pumps every waking hour and compression stockings on the flight home. We give you the exact schedule, in writing.
Hip abductor and glute strengthening is what removes the limp. You get a printed and video plan in your language, reviewed on WhatsApp at week 6 and month 3.
Antibiotics before dental work, treat urine and skin infections promptly, and keep your weight steady — the three things that most affect implant life.
Modern implants do set off some airport scanners. We give you an implant card and identity certificate with the exact brand and size for future doctors.
No forms, no payment, no obligation. A senior hip surgeon looks at your films and tells you honestly whether you need a replacement now, which approach and implant suits you, and what it costs.
We reply on WhatsApp within 1 hour. Your reports are never shared with anyone else.
You will be flying home with a new joint, so the details matter: aisle seat, wheelchair assistance, clot precautions and enough recovery days before departure. We arrange all of it along with the paperwork.
"Both hips were fused from ankylosing spondylitis. They replaced both in one week. I climbed the stairs to my own flat 12 days later."
"Four years of AVN pain and no sleep. Anterior approach on a Tuesday, walking to the hotel restaurant with a stick on Friday."
"The implant brand and price were written down before we flew, and the final bill matched exactly. No surprises, and my limp is gone."
Total hip replacement removes the worn ball of the femur and resurfaces the socket, replacing both with a smooth artificial joint: a metal or ceramic ball on a stem inside the thigh bone, articulating inside a cup fixed into the pelvis. It is one of the most reliable operations in all of medicine — pain relief is usually immediate and dramatic, patients stand the same day, and a modern implant is expected to outlast 20 years in most people. It does not treat the muscles, so the six weeks of physiotherapy afterwards decide how well you walk, not just the metal.
No forms, no payment, no obligation. A senior hip surgeon looks at your films and tells you honestly whether you need a replacement now, which approach and implant suits you, and what it costs.
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