Adults are at higher risk for major osteoporotic fracture if one of their parents experienced a hip fracture, particularly if that fracture occurred at a younger age, according to recent study findings. Source: Healio
Three-hundred thirty-two thousand Americans have hip replacement every year. For most, the surgery requires a hospital stay, and weeks of rehabilitation. Now, a different approach to surgery is getting patients back on their feet and out of the hospital faster than ever before. Source: Ivanhoe
Patients who underwent primary hip arthroscopy experienced greater improvement in patient-reported outcome scores at 2-year follow-up compared with patients who underwent revision arthroscopy, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. Source: Healio
Morbidly obese patients who undergo bariatric surgery 2 years prior to TKA experience greater quality of life compared with TKA alone. Source: Healio
The surgical approach to total hip replacement (THR)—either from the front of the body or the side/back (anterior versus posterior)— has no impact on outcomes six months after surgery, according to research presented today at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Source: Medical Xpress
