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 ...

Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that’s no longer functioning properly. The American College of ...

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

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.

Aspirin after an initial short course of rivaroxaban has been shown to be safe and effective for the prevention of venous thromboembolism after total hip or total knee arthroplasty, but uncertainty ...

A major international clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London and Uppsala University in Sweden has found that ...

Uncemented hip replacement surgery uses implants with roughened surfaces designed to allow the patient's bone to grow directly onto the implant, creating a strong, natural biological bond. Unlike ...

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

She also had a history of hip problems. Twenty years before, she had a hip replacement that stemmed from an injury she sustained in a car crash ten years before that. While more than 90 percent of hip ...