Total hip replacement has been a standard practice of the treatment of end-stage hip arthritis for a few decades. However, especially during the last decade, the use of surface replacements, i.e. replacement of bearing surfaces instead of total hip arthroplasty (THR), has become popular. In ...
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Figure 1. The diagnosed and projected Arthritis. The OA problem: Pain is a common clinical characteristic of OA, and the hallmark complaint and manifestation of incapacitation of HKOA patients, impacting sleep, mood, and mobility [10,12,13]. OA pain is caused by the stretching of tendons...