A 2019 Lancet systematic review and meta-analysis of case series determined that patients and surgeons can expect a hip replacement to last 25 years in around 58% of patients.
Recommendations for surgery are based on a patient’s pain and disability, not age. Most patients who undergo total hip replacement are age 50 to 80, but orthopaedic surgeons evaluate patients individually. Total hip replacements have been performed successfully at all ages, from the young teenager with juvenile arthritis to the elderly patient with degenerative arthritis.