[henry_bone]

My father has had both hips replaced in the fast few years. Both surgeries were very successful and he has retained full hip joint function. He no longer has pain in his hips.

His surgeon used an approach that minimised damage to the muscles in the area. If I recall correctly, this meant he gain access to the hip joint via the posterior side of dad's upper leg, and went between muscle and tendon, rather than needing to cut muscle to get to the joint.

I don't know if I'm remembering correctly, but dad healed up pretty quickly.

[zabzonk]

hip normally works very well - it's just a ball and socket joint. knee is a bit more tricky.

[wizerdrobe]

I used to roll BJJ with a 50-ish year old man. As a teenager he suffered a debilitating car crash and hip replacement at the time, resulting in his having a cane until his second replacement circa 2020. This allowed him to walk cane free and practice marital arts.

The technology is there for hip replacements, it would seem.

[calvinmorrison]

From what I understand joint surgery especially knees and hips have a great ratio of benefit to cost