A new $10.8 million multicenter clinical trial co-led by Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics ...

Kristina Schmidt, 24, developed agonizing pain in her right hip that “felt like someone was tearing her leg off” and ...

Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious complications, disability and even death. Traditionally, orthopaedic ...

The University of Southern California has been approved for $10.8 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered ...

Hip replacement (also known as total hip replacement or total hip arthroplasty) is a surgical procedure that is performed to replace damaged cartilage in the hip joint. The operation involves removing ...

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 ...

Randomized trial of liposomal bupivacaine for hip fracture surgery Liposomal bupivacaine is a long-acting local anesthetic developed for use in relieving postoperative pain, allowing drug release ...

As a retired nurse, she knew that her hip was broken. The ambulance arrived after 90 minutes, and once in hospital, the nerve blocks she was administered actually made the pain worse.

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 ...

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 ...

Good Mental Health Could Be Key to Hip Fracture Recovery By Ernie Mundell ... 129 women over the age of 64 who'd recently undergone a surgery to repair a fractured hip. The data were collected ...