“In the past, conversion of a THA for a failed acetabular fracture (usually due to posttraumatic arthritis) carried with it a high rate of failure, mainly due to implant loosening and/or bearing ...

What Is the Acetabular Bearing System of Choice ... surgeons use the device on a select basis only. Although ceramic fractures remain a concern, it is interesting to note that the risk of ceramic ...

Hip or femoro–acetabular impingement results from abnormalities of the femoral head or the acetabulum. It can be caused by jamming ... A case series of 183 patients (194 hips) reported pathological ...

Clinical guidelines recommend low-molecular-weight heparin for thromboprophylaxis in patients with fractures, but trials of its effectiveness as compared with aspirin are lacking. In this ...

SAN DIEGO -- Preoperative clonidine reduced intraoperative blood loss and postoperative transfusions among patients ...

A hemiarthroplasty is a partial hip replacement used to treat a hip fracture. Rarely ... The hip’s “socket” is the acetabulum. The acetabulum surrounds the femoral head, allowing it to ...