A new lawsuit filed in Maine shows x-rays from a woman’s follow-up surgeries after a hip replacement in 2019. The woman says her doctor cut away a piece of her femur and failed to close a gap of about ...

On December 22nd of 2023, a Vietnamese patient underwent hours-long surgery in order to remove part of his pelvis and femur, as per the usual treatment for bone cancer. What was special here was that ...

Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that's no longer functioning properly. The American College ...

Hip replacement surgery, also called total hip arthroplasty, involves removing damaged bone and cartilage in your hip and replacing it with artificial parts. During a total hip replacement, your ...

University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineers have designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The engineers, ...

Your hip is a deep ball-and-socket joint where your thigh bone fits securely into your pelvis. When you have hip instability, your thigh bone may feel like it doesn’t fit into the hip socket securely.

Severe hip damage forced Misty Copeland into hip surgery. However, her Oscars appearance shows how far she’s come since retiring from ABT.

It’s not all that uncommon to have some knee pain after a hip replacement. Changes in the length of your leg can put some additional pressure or stress on your knee joint. Another common cause is that ...