Arthritis is the leading cause of long-term hip pain and disability. Elite’s Nashville hip replacement surgeons use hip replacement surgery to treat many types of hip arthritis, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis.

Other conditions that might need hip replacement surgery include severe hip fractures and osteonecrosis. Also called avascular necrosis, osteonecrosis involves reduced blood flow to the hip.