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Malpractice defense: Complications post op partial hip replacement by David W. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 03 Aug 2010 12:25pm for the Defense Complications Post Op Partial Hip Replacement An 84-year-old patient underwent a joint replacement surgery (right Austin Moore arthroplasty) during which.... If the correct size had been used, the patient asserted, no complications would have arisen and the total hip replacement would not have been necessary. DEFENSE’S ARGUMENT Read on »

Hip resurfacing versus hip replacement by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 04 Nov 2008 7:03am Hip resurfacing is often seen as a modern alternative to the more conventional total hip replacement, but new data from a study led by Rush University Medical Center suggest that a patient’s age and gender are key to the operation’s success. In a review of over 500 surgeries performed in the U.S. using a hip resurfacing [...] Read on »

Hip Fracture Usually Requires Hip Replacement by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 26 Jun 2009 4:37pm happening, fractures of the ball or neck of the hip bone are usually treated with immediate hip replacement. Try to avoid this drastic surgery by keeping your bones as strong...The most-feared injury among serious bicyclists is a broken hip. The femur hip bone is shaped like a shepherd's crook. The blood supply to the ball at the top of the hip bone Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 6: Surprising Statistics About Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm from 1971 to 2003, representing a greater than 400% increase in the incidence of total knee replacement (as compared with a 55% increase in total hip replacement during the same... that the number of primary total knee replacements will increase from 450,400 to 3.48 million by 2030, compared with a growth in the number of primary total hip replacements from 208,600 Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 13: Swelling and Bruising After Total Knee and Total Hip Replacement by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm · You may have swelling and bruising around the knee or hip and down into the lower leg after your total joint replacement. · Bruising... exercises or when you are resting. · For the first two to three weeks after your surgery, ice your knee or hip for 20 minutes every hour and also after Read on »

Total Joint Replacement Educational Series Part 7: Limb Length Discrepancy After Total Hip Replacement Surgery by Dr. Tony DiGioia Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:12pm Addressing your questions and concerns "I had my left hip replaced a month ago and everything is going well except that I feel off-balance, like my left is now longer... that patients have after total hip replacement surgery is a feeling that their legs are different lengths. This is called limb length discrepancy(LLD). The following information Read on »

Who or What to Blame When Hip Replacements Fail by NOHC Patient Expert

Posted Tue 28 Apr 2009 1:41pm

1 Comment Hip and knee replacement surgery is among the most successful and predictable operations in all of medicine but hip replacement surgery isn’t foolproof. And when the procedure fails, who or what is at fault? Dislocation of the implant is the most common cause for hip-replacement failure, followed by infections, a loosening of the implant Read on »

Hip replacement scar: 4 Months Later by Florence F. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 21 Dec 2011 4:17pm I thought I would share my hip replacement scar again as it looks today. It has been about 4 months since my surgery :) Read on »

Need a hip replacement doctor? In the USA numbers are falling. by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Wed 01 Jul 2009 6:46pm According to this Yahoo story it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a hip replacement doctor in the USA – just as the demand for hip replacements soars. Related posts UK doctors are best (0) Treating Addictive Illness, London (0) Knee joint replacement in London. (0) Doctors are most trusted once again. (0) Tags: doctors, hip Read on »

Metal-on-metal hip replacements beginning to fail far sooner than expected by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Mar 2010 8:39am

1 Comment Milan, IL: A new issue emerging around artificial hip replacements is of interest to any patient who has received a metal-on-metal device. A recent editorial...-on-metal devices are used in about one third of all hip replacement surgeries in the US each year, totaling a quarter million annually. The New York Times reports that some Read on »