A hip replacement is a common surgery, and complication rates for physicians who do them routinely should be well below 4%, Evans says. Infection rates should be below 1%.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) - More than 300,000 total hip replacements are performed each year in the United States. Swedish Medical Center in Englewood is one of the first hospitals in the country ...

Ask the Doctors: Hip resurfacing an alternative to hip-replacement surgery Advantages over a total hip replacement include more rapid recovery, improved mobility and decreased risk of hip dislocation.

In patients 50 years of age or older who had severe hip osteoarthritis and an indication for surgery, total hip replacement resulted in a clinically important, superior reduction in hip pain and ...

The team therefore conducted a detailed analysis of bone density changes and stem-femur contact between two types of stems used in total hip replacement: traditional fully hydroxyapatite (HA ...

Patients want to know what a total or partial knee replacement is. I explain to them that it is more of a resurfacing surgery. Small amounts of bone are removed from the end of the femur and the ...

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He was the first surgeon in the Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System to perform anterior total hip replacement in 2009 and he continues to stay on the forefront of technology, including ...