MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center has made history by becoming the first hospital in the world to successfully perform a ...

Hip implants with a delta ceramic or oxidized zirconium head and highly crosslinked polyethylene liner or cup had the lowest risk of revision during the 15 years after surgery, a new study has found.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -No one ever wants a second surgery to fix something that should have been taken care of the first time. Unfortunately, not all procedures go as planned, and nothing lasts ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite a plateau in the rate of hip arthroscopy procedures, published results showed patients younger than 30 ...

A single injection of denosumab (Prolia, Amgen), frequently used to treat osteoporosis, may reduce the need for revision surgery in patients with symptomatic osteolysis following total hip ...

Your hips are one of the largest joints in your body that bears weight. They’re the reason you can walk, squat down, twist, turn, and carry heavy items. Hips are ball-and-socket joints. They’re the ...

Osteolysis - a disease that eats away at bone tissue - is the leading reason for joint replacement reoperation An estimated 8,500 hip revision procedures are conducted in England, Wales and Northern ...

Researchers have found the osteoporosis drug, denosumab, could protect patients from osteolysis, reduce the need for re-operations, and reduce the health burden of this disease. More than half of ...