Knee replacement surgery is a procedure carried out to treat a knee joint that has been worn down by osteoarthritis, a disease resulting from a breakdown of joint cartilage and the underlying bone. Source: Medical News Today
New approach to common hip surgery allows patients to come in at 9 a.m. and leave the hospital at 5 p.m. Source: Healthline Read More
Unfortunately, due to infections and improper healing, Peggy had three more hip surgeries over the next six years, all of which left her in pain and using walking aids. Concerned that he had done all he could, Peggy’s local doctor referred her to an expert, Dr. Brett Levine of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, one of […]
Older men with an increasing number of specific risk factors combined with decreased bone mineral density at the femoral neck are at elevated risk for hip fracture, according to study findings. Source: Healio
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
