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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...