When you have hip replacement surgery, your doctor will likely give you detailed instructions about what to do immediately afterward and while you recuperate at home. In general, there aren’t many ...

A recent randomized controlled trial conducted across three Norwegian hospitals examined whether preoperative exercise programs benefit older adults awaiting total hip replacement (THR). The study, ...

Hip replacement surgery, also called total hip arthroplasty, involves removing damaged bone and cartilage in your hip and replacing it with artificial parts. During a total hip replacement, your ...

Hip and knee replacements are commonly performed because of arthritis pain. Learn alternative, conservative treatment options.

SALISBURY — Dr. Paul Lichstein knows what it’s like to be a treated in a hospital and he carries that with him as he helps his own patients to this day. Lichstein is an orthopedic surgeon at Novant ...

In need of a hip-replacement surgery, a St. Andrews man opted for quicker care in Montreal. But paying out of pocket for surgery left him in limbo between a private clinic and the public health-care ...

More patients who have undergone hip and knee arthroplasty in Queensland will have access to a digitally enabled post-operative care pathway, which enabled faster recovery times in a recent pilot. The ...

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 ...

Since caries diagnosis or dental implant placement occurring a year before or after total hip arthroplasty (THA) were tied with increased complications and more, it may be advisable to delay invasive ...