People as young as 50 can need a hip replacement. Here's everything you need to know about this common surgery

Around 117,000 people living in England and Wales had a hip replacement in 2024. Although hip replacements are often thought of as a surgery that mainly older people need, reports from previous years show that around 43% of these operations are done in people aged 50 to 69 years old.

Source: Medical Xpress

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