Primary total hip and total knee replacements are among the most common and successful orthopedic procedures worldwide. These surgeries replace damaged or arthritic joints with prosthetic implants, ...

Knee or hip replacement is a major surgery, and many people must lean hard on their spouses to care for them during weeks to months of recuperation. But all that hassle is absolutely worthwhile for ...

Middle-aged and older adults with severe hip osteoarthritis have better pain and functional outcomes if they undergo total hip replacement rather than 12 weeks of supervised resistance training.

According to the Center of Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Care and Research nearly one million hip and knee replacement surgeries are performed in the United States annually, making them the most common ...

Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Washington Hospital Center outlined the benefits of outpatient knee and hip replacement on their blog. 1. The benefits of outpatient joint replacement include lower pain ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Healthgrades has announced the winners of its 2023 Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Awards, naming the top spots in the US for outpatient knee and hip replacement procedures.

Medically reviewed by Raynetta Samuels, PT, DPT, CLT Key Takeaways Revision hip replacement surgery is more complicated than the first hip replacement. Hip replacements can wear out due to aseptic ...

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 ...

During your initial knee or hip replacement surgery, the prosthetic (artificial) components were either cemented (attached with bone cement) or hammered into the bone so they could eventually attach ...