Hip arthroplasty revision is highest in the first 18 months after the index arthroplasty. Revision risk is also higher in younger patients who are more likely to survive to require revision. Jeffrey N ...

Hip implants with a delta ceramic or oxidized zirconium head and highly crosslinked polyethylene liner or cup had the lowest risk of revision during the 15 years after surgery, a new study has found.

Over the past two years, an expert in revision hip and knee replacement surgery has seen an increase in the number of people needing a second surgery. When a knee or hip implant wears out or another ...

Arthritis Care Research News Alerts. 2008;59(4):738-745. Along with age and injuries, obesity is a leading risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA), a painful and disabling joint disease. While excessive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed survivorship free from all-cause re-revision was 87% at 2 years and 82% at 5 years. The speaker ...

On a fishing trip with his wife, Nathan Limoges remembers getting out of the boat and feeling excruciating pain in his left hip and knee that barely allowed him to stand. He had already tried rounds ...

A city-based private hospital successfully performed a complex two-stage revision hip reconstruction using a customised ...

Hip replacement surgery can be a life-changing decision for those suffering from chronic pain, reduced mobility, or deteriorating hip conditions. With advancements in medical technology, several ...

With increasing life expectancy, frailty and hip fractures will correspondingly increase in numbers, now at more than 300,000 fractures per year and projected to rise to more than 500,000 by 2040. Hip ...