The patient had undergone surgery in her left hip 35 years ago during which the plate inserted was fixed with simple screws. The old plate, which had bone growth over it, needed to be removed for ...

Hip replacement surgery involves a metal rod (stem ... which is when the growth plate of the ball of the hip joint (femoral ...

Last week was truly a repeat experience for me, a true case of deja vu. I underwent my second hip replacement surgery in the past four years. I wrote my column last week on Tuesday, had surgery on ...

I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient ... to an implant we take extra precautions in surgery. We wear astronaut suits so that we do not ...