Surgical dislocation and osteochondroplasty may help patients with femoral acetabular impingement stave off the development of hip osteoarthritis. At the 37th Open Meeting of the Hip Society and the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with the posterior approach to total hip arthroplasty, the direct anterior approach lowered the risk of ...

Q. I have a severely arthritic hip. It’s pretty clear that I’m a candidate for hip replacement. When I looked on the Internet, there were a lot of Web sites promoting “anterior hip replacement.” What ...

There are more high-acuity orthopedic procedures going to the outpatient setting today, including total joint replacements. Orthopedic technology is developing for minimally invasive procedures, and ...

The anterior hip replacement approach means faster recovery, no limitations with hip movement, and increased stability with potentially fewer dislocations for the patient. Most patients are candidates ...

Patients who have had THR must follow three rules to avoid hip dislocation: Avoid internal rotation of the affected leg, avoid flexing the hip more than 90 degrees, and avoid crossing the legs and ...

Dr. Maxwell Thomas is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in primary and revision joint arthroplasty of the hip, knee, and shoulder. Dr. Thomas has been practicing in the Valley for ...

Avoiding the typical post-surgical precautions after hip replacement surgery -- such as avoiding bending the hip past 90 degrees, turning the knee or foot inward and crossing the leg past the middle ...

WAIMEA — A new approach to total hip replacement surgery at North Hawaii Community Hospital (NHCH) is revolutionizing patient recovery — shortening it from months to weeks and with far less pain. That ...

The anterior approach is a technique for performing hip replacement through an incision in the front of the hip rather than through a standard incision on the side or back of the hip. It is considered ...

Dr. Michael Dube, an orthopedic surgeon at the Benefis Orthopedic Center of Montana, is offering a new hip replacement technique – the anterior hip replacement. This new technique of hip replacement ...