Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most commonly performed and successful operations in orthopedic surgery in terms of clinical outcome, implant survivorship, and cost-effectiveness.

I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient with ... other things and gets people up and moving right away.

My mother had a total hip replacement (THR) 20 years ago, at age 50, just after my dad had died of a brain tumour. She would say, ‘at least this hip problem is not life threatening’. After mum’s joint ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Severe hip arthritis can cause pain and difficulty walking. Many people who have these debilitating symptoms because of hip arthritis will elect to undergo ...

Total hip replacement surgery is a very successful ... that has anti-infection properties that allows for showering right after surgery and is removed in the first week after surgery.