MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center has made history by becoming the first hospital in the world to successfully perform a ...

A hip or knee replacement can last 15 years on average, 30 years with newer technology. But sometimes a replacement might not hold that long when implants become loose or develop inflections. This is ...

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.

"Octogenarians are an effective surgical reward," lead author Dr Javad Parvizi (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA) told rheumawire. He added that patients between the ages of 80 and 90 ...

A single injection of denosumab (Prolia, Amgen), frequently used to treat osteoporosis, may reduce the need for revision surgery in patients with symptomatic osteolysis following total hip ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed septic hip revision was more expensive and had a longer length of stay compared with aseptic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite a plateau in the rate of hip arthroscopy procedures, published results showed patients younger than 30 ...

March 22, 2018 - As more patients undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) before age 65, the rate of repeat hip surgery due to complications has risen sharply in this younger age group, reports a study ...

CASTEL SAN PIETRO, October 21, 2024—Medacta Group SA ("Medacta," SIX:MOVE) is pleased to announce the further expansion of its comprehensive Hip Revision Platform in the European market, reinforcing ...