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Article updated and reviewed by Stephen Burnett, MD, FRCS(C), Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine on July 11, 2005.
A surgical operation to replace the inside surface of the hip joint (the “ball and socket”).
Time, injury to the joint, coupled with
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