Hip arthroplasty; Total hip replacement; Hip hemiarthroplasty
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Harkess JW. Arthroplasty of the hip. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative...
Read moreSince reading about how hip arthritis is diagnosed, you now know that the leg bone is connected to the hip bone and that hip joint pain is... Read more »
So, you have hip pain, but the X-rays and MRI are normal. Now what? Now your doctor may want to consider that you might have hip... Read more »
The back bone is connected with the hip bone. The hip bone is connected with the leg bone. Sounds simple enough; however, when someone... Read more »
If you have had hip pain or knee pain for a long period of time, you probably have tried a few over-the-counter medications and may have... Read more »
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), which used to be known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), recently underwent a name change to... Read more »
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Hip pain involves any pain in or around the hip joint.Alternative NamesPain - hipConsiderationsHip-related pain is not always felt directly over the... Read more »
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Two new studies have found that the active ingredient in rose hips may help protect and possibly rebuild joint tissue damaged by osteoarthritis (OA)... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
In some countries with universal or nationalized health care, a joint replacement is considered an elective procedure. That means the person chooses... Read more »