In their recent Article,1 Veronica Pentland and colleagues present a systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 clinical studies and eight national joint registries, encompassing more than 1·9 million ...

Middle-aged and older adults with severe hip osteoarthritis have better pain and functional outcomes if they undergo total hip replacement rather than 12 weeks of supervised resistance training.

Surgical Planning Associates ("SPA") today announced open platform access to the HipInsight System suite of enabling technology. This significant advancement allows surgeons to use patient-specific ...

Modern hip replacements could change what patients expect from surgery. Instead of a temporary fix, they may offer decades of ...

Patients 65 years and older who received DM-THR for femoral neck fractures experienced fewer joint dislocations than with standard THR.

Total knee and hip replacements are among the most common orthopedic surgeries performed in the United States. Each year, over 7 million of these procedures are performed between these two joints, ...

Surgeons compared traditional and new fully hydroxyapatite-coated hip replacement stems. They found the new stems offer larger contact areas, while traditional ones preserve bone density long-term.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Outcomes from hip replacements have improved considerably in the past decade So effective is hip replacement surgery that more ...

Total hip arthroplasty leads to the best outcomes in the treatment of moderate-to-severe hip osteoarthritis, according to a new study published in The Bone & Joint Journal by the University of Eastern ...

A total hip replacement is done when pain and disability severely impact quality of life and other treatments like medication ...

Hip replacement surgery may have many benefits, including relieving pain and restoring range of motion, but weight loss is not one of them. Research studies on this topic, such as this 2015 study, ...

A 36-year-old Iraqi man weighing 162 kg has regained his ability to walk after undergoing a technically challenging total hip replacement at a private hospital, in what doctors describe as one of the ...