This week we are going to discuss the anterior total hip arthroplasty or replacement. This modern method of replacing the hip is adding some significant improvements to the restrictions generally ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Cape Fear Valley Health. The word is getting out that a hip replacement that starts with an incision from the front (anterior) instead of a more typical back ...

Joel Matta, MD, pioneered the anterior approach for total hip replacement in the United States in 1996, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip disorders at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., ...

For OrthoNebraska’s Sayfe Jassim, M.D., specializing in total joint replacement surgery means being able to give people their lives back. “My fiancé jokes about my enthusiasm toward hip and knee ...

Hip replacement surgery, also called total hip arthroplasty, involves removing damaged bone and cartilage in your hip and replacing it with artificial parts. During a total hip replacement, your ...

Every year more than a quarter of a million Americans have total hip replacement surgery. It's almost always a successful operation that frees patients from what's often described as disabling pain.

SAN DIEGO — The direct anterior approach to total hip replacement might lead to a faster return to mobility than the posterior approach, results from a head-to-head comparison suggest. In particular, ...

The anterior approach is an increasingly popular approach to total hip replacement. Recent advances in operating room tables and implant designs have made the anterior approach more surgeon friendly.

As I discussed last week, I was on a very narrow five-week time frame to fix my hip problem and be ready to drive 60 miles to Hanover College and teach my classes. As the first step for a hip ...

Durga Sanjeevani Manipal Hospital in Kateel has successfully performed Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement Surgery. Led by Orthopaedic Joint Replacement Specialists Dr Vikram G K Bhat and Dr ...