This week we are going to discuss a very rare but present danger to the hip joint which can be career-ending for an athlete as well as joint ending for you and me — avascular necrosis. Avascular as ...

Core decompression surgery is a newer surgical procedure compared with standard total hip replacement, and it has shown promising results. 11 Unfortunately, the disadvantage of this procedure is that ...

Your hip joints are ball-and-socket joints positioned where your thigh bone meets your pelvis. The hip joint is involved in many types of movement. It is also one of the largest joints in the body, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients in the pre-collapse stages of post-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head may receive safe and ...

AVN is a rare and usually asymptomatic complication during myeloma therapy. Cumulative dexamethasone dose, male sex, and younger age, but not thalidomide, increase the risk of AVN.

NEW HAVEN — The hip requires a well-formed ball and socket to keep us walking, standing and bending without pain, but without good blood flow, the head of the femur — the ball in the joint — can crack ...

Joint pain in the hip may occur due to one of several different underlying causes, such as bursitis, arthritis, or tears in the cartilage. A person may be able to treat some cases at home, but severe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Rafael J. Sierra, MD, discusses the importance of ...

The history of this case was prepared from a statement of the patient, who was shown at a meeting of the Surgical Section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, February 3, 1915.