Surgery

Not everyone with arthritis will need surgery, but it can help to reduce pain and improve your mobility. In this section you can find out about the common types of surgery for people with arthritis, how it could help you and what the recovery process involves.

 

Foot and ankle surgery

Learn more about the common types of foot and ankle surgery, how it could help relieve pain and what the recovery process involves.

Hand and wrist surgery

Learn more about the common types of hand and wrist surgery, how it could help relieve pain and what the recovery process involves.

Hip replacement surgery

Learn more about hip replacement surgery, what it involves, how it can reduce pain and help to improve your mobility.

Knee replacement surgery

Learn more about knee replacement surgery, what it involves, how it can reduce pain and help to improve your mobility.

Shoulder and elbow replacement

Learn more about shoulder and elbow replacement surgery (arthroplasty), what it involves, how it can reduce pain and help to improve your mobility.

Metal-on-metal hip replacement Q and A

Read the answers to your questions and concerns about metal-on-metal hip replacement surgery.

Types of anaesthetic

Anaesthetic is a drug that’s used during surgery to stop you feeling any pain. Learn about general, local and spinal anaesthetic.