Tag: hip replacement
Preparation for total hip replacement surgery continues
Properly preparing for total hip replacement surgery includes doing some paperwork, considering some important medical issues and getting your home ready…
Corticosteroids for arthritis pain relief
Corticosteroids are one form of medication prescribed to treat the pain of arthritis. If you have not felt relief from a course…
Total joint replacement surgery expectations
Total joint replacement surgery is common. Each year, over 1,400,000 people in the U.S. undergo total joint replacement surgery. Typically, candidates for…
Recovering from hip surgery
Recovering from hip surgery, patients have many questions. One of the first questions that a hip replacement patient asks is “When…
Should you repair or replace a fractured hip?
Repair or replace a fractured hip? Left to itself, a fractured hip, like most broken bones, will mend itself. The healing…
When to get a hip replacement
When to get a hip replacement? That question is always in the back of the mind of patients suffering from hip…
Hip fracture surgery complications
There are risks associated with surgery of any kind, and surgery for a hip fracture is no different. Regardless of whether…
Revision joint replacement
As people live longer and more people receive joint replacements at younger ages, it is expected that an increasing number of…