More than 300,000 people have complete hip replacement surgeries in the U.S. every year. About 90% of them feel better and can get back to normal activities months, or even weeks, after the operation.
"The happiest patients you have are total hip replacement patients," says orthopedic surgeon Claudette Lajam, MD, of the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. "It's like pulling a bad tooth. Almost immediately, people feel better."
