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 ...

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 ...

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

Background Proximal femoral fractures in older adults affect prognosis, quality of life and medical expenses. Therefore, ...

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

Surgery options include laminectomy, spinal fusion, spinal osteotomy, and hip joint replacement ... They can include: infection dislocation fracture potential need for revision respiratory ...

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 ...