One of the most interesting things I’ve come across while reading someDePuy ASR Hip Replacement recallmessage boards is that many hip replacement patients don’t seem to even know what hip implant they received. The upshot of that is that, at the least, they have no clue what’s been p...
Hip joint is a ball and socket joint formed by femur and socket of acetabulum of pelvic bone.1Fracture is a partial or complete break or separation of the bone with intact or loss of blood supply. Hip joint fracture includes fracture of femur as well as acetabulum of pelvic bone. In...
Estrogen:For newly menopausal women, estrogen replacement is one way to prevent bone loss. Estrogen can slow or stop bone loss. And if estrogen treatment begins at menopause, it can greatly reduce the risk of hip fracture. It may be taken orally or as a transdermal (skin) patch (for examp...
Health insurance is an inflection point in our healthcare system, but we should also understand that everything we hate about health insurance is a result of the skyrocketing costs that underlie healthcare. If your premiums go up, you’re angry. If the insurance industry denies your claim, yo...
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More than a million joint replacement surgeries are performed each year, mostly of the hip or knee, but the shoulders, elbows, and joints in the hands and feet can be replaced as well. As with all surgery, you will need to weigh the risks against the potential benefits of the procedure....
Local anaesthesia methods for analgesia after total hip replacement: Problems of anatomy, methodology and interpretation? Clinical pain research Local infiltration analgesia or femoral nerve block for postoperative pain management in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. A randomized, double-blind study...
as you lose more cartilage between bones, the knee joint can degenerate and cause you to limp. The more cartilage you lose, the worse your limp can become. That helps explain why severe osteoarthritis of the knees is one of the most common reasons that people have totalknee replacementsurgery...
You may need joint replacement surgery to restore movement to the damaged joint. Treatment Based on RA Stages Just as your condition changes over time, so will your treatment. Early stage. A key focus is to control the inflammation. That’s especially important in the early phase of the ...
Joint replacement eg hip replacement— in severe cases, all or part of a joint (eg hip, knee or shoulder) will be replaced with a prosthetic joint, which usually lasts 10–20 years Complications of rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis can be life-threatening as it increases your risk of...