Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that's no longer functioning properly. The American College ...

Modern hip replacements are nearly twice as likely as older hip replacements to last at least 25 years, suggests a study ...

With increasing life expectancy, frailty and hip fractures will correspondingly increase in numbers, now at more than 300,000 fractures per year and projected to rise to more than 500,000 by 2040. Hip ...

Hip replacement is often performed in patients with juvenile arthritis when their joints have been severely damaged by the disease. A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that the ...

In a landmark achievement for regional healthcare, Dr. Zubin Mehta has successfully performed the region's first Robotic ...

A June 2023 fall at home left Jaxson Lutz with a broken femur and complications that have delayed his recovery. This fall, the 15-year-old is back at Nazareth Area High School as a sophomore — using ...

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, today ...

Total hip replacement is one of the most commonly performed orthopedic procedures in the U.S., but debate continues around the best surgical approach. During a recent presentation hosted by Becker’s ...

Misty Copeland confirmed in a recent Instagram post that she underwent hip-replacement surgery in the fall. This surgery took place shortly after her final performance as a longtime principal dancer ...