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Health Encyclopedia: Hip Replacement
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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Long-Term Results of Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Source: eOrthopod
Total hip replacements (THRs) work well to reduce pain and improve function for almost all patients having this surgery. So say researchers in... Read more »
Charnley Total Hip Arthroplasty Has Good Long-Term Record
Source: eOrthopod
The Charnley hip replacement has been around since the 1960s, when it was pioneered as a low-friction hip replacement. Hip replacements... Read more »
The Effect of Sterilization on Long-Term Wear of an Artificial Hip Joint
Source: eOrthopod
Do some total hip replacements last longer because of the way they are sterilized before packaging? This is the question studied by researchers at... Read more »
Long-Term Success of Joint Replacement Reported in Osteopetrosis
Source: eOrthopod
In this study doctors from the Mayo Clinic report on five cases of joint replacement in patients with osteopetrosis. Osteopetrosis also known as... Read more »
Long-Term Results of Total Knee Replacement for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Source: eOrthopod
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune means that the immune system sees normal body tissue as "foreign" and attacks it. In... Read more »
Total Hip Replacement after an Unhealed Hip Fracture
Source: eOrthopod
Doctors at the Mayo Clinic report the long-term results of a total hip replacement (THR) after a hip fracture didn't heal. They followed 99 patients... Read more »
Hip Resurfacing Surgery Instead of a Hip Replacement Is Increasingly Popular
By Matthew Thompson, Health Expert
Advanced osteoarthritis of the hip that has not responded to the standard, conservative treatments is typically treated with hip replacement... Read more »
Our orthopedic surgeon tells me total hip replacement is better than fixing or repairing many hip fractures.
Source: eOrthopod
Our orthopedic surgeon tells me total hip replacement is better than fixing or repairing many hip fractures. How much "better" is better? And what's... Read more »
My doctor is suggesting that I go for a hip replacement.
Source: eOrthopod
My doctor is suggesting that I go for a hip replacement. If I agree, how long will it be before I can walk and do stairs on my own again?As you... Read more »
Genes may Predict Hip Replacement Woes
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Why do some people have problems with hip replacements while others slide by with no worries? Researchers in England suggest it... Read more »
Hip Fracture in the Elderly: Repair or Replace?
Source: eOrthopod
Many older adults are faced with the problem of hip fracture. Which is better? To repair or replace the hip? Elderly patients in good physical and... Read more »
Does Minimally Invasive Surgery Speed Up Recovery after Total Hip Replacement?
Source: eOrthopod
Smaller incisions for total hip surgery are the latest trend in orthopedics. This is called minimally invasive arthroplasty (MIA). But some doctors... Read more »
My mother just had a partial hip replacement.
Source: eOrthopod
My mother just had a partial hip replacement. I guess it was like having a tooth capped. Just the top of his femur was replaced. She ended up with a... Read more »
Research Helps Doctors Choose the Best Surgical Tools for Hip Replacements
Source: eOrthopod
Total hip replacements are becoming more common as people live longer and are faced with severe arthritis. Doctors can't just cut the hip open and... Read more »
I've had one hip replaced about five years ago.
Source: eOrthopod
I've had one hip replaced about five years ago. It was cemented in place and seems to be holding up fine. Now I need the second hip replaced. My... Read more »
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