C. Kapur, successfully underwent a hip replacement surgery in New Delhi. While elderly patients often suffer immense pain due ...

Jaipur: A 105-year-old woman from the Sodala area underwent surgery for a hip fracture at SMS Hospital's trauma centre ...

Led by principal investigator Joseph Patterson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in fracture care at Keck Medicine of USC, the "FASTER-Hip" trial aims to determine whether patients with a ...

Patients have twice the risk of inpatient complications and mortality after having a second, contralateral hip fracture ...

we could potentially sustain a fracture. So what we're trying to do is make sure we're good and stable, that the hip can go into all kinds of crazy positions without dislocating. That's really good.

A past traumatic injury such as fracture or dislocation is ... the need for a hip replacement. One solution is a surgery Urbaniak developed in 1979 known as a "free vascularized fibular graft ...

A new multicenter study is opening the door to predicting mortality risk after hip fracture in what is the first documented ...

Infection, nerve damage, blood clots, anesthesia side effects, bone fracture and blood vessel injury are all possible complications of hip replacement surgery. But in general, these complications ...

Cataract surgery is linked with lower falls and reductions in fall-related traumatic injuries in older adults, a new study ...

Researchers sought to learn if dementia is associated with higher death rates after hip fracture surgery and if the type of dementia impacts a person’s risk of dying. They looked at data from ...

Patients over the age of 50 have an increased risk of mortality following hip fracture, which is dependent on factors such as health and post-fracture comorbidities. Findings from a meta-analysis ...

Studies suggest taking a vitamin D supplement may help prevent infection, fractures, and other complications following hip or knee replacement surgery. But the evidence is murky, and physicians do ...