Woman's all-over itching was caused by an allergy to her hip implant. May 15, 2013— -- When Paula Spurlock started to experience itching and pain all over her body, she never dreamed that she was ...

The first hip replacement was performed in 1962. Hip replacements are now commonplace. Each year, more than 285,000 Americans receive artificial hips. In general, patients who receive artificial hips ...

Surgeons are treating patients with a new type of hip implant that could lead to better outcomes for younger, more active people requiring surgery. Surgeons are treating patients with a new type of ...

A recent article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery clearly shows that the Stryker Rejuvenate modular hip implant may be as capable of corroding as its metal-on-metal cousins. This ...

NEW YORK — Bradley Little, a physical education teacher in Arizona, was leading his class through a school hallway in 2017 when he collapsed. Little feared he was having a stroke. Or, in a sign of the ...

Do you experience recurring pain or feel difficulty while walking? It could be a sign that your knee or hip implants need to ...

While it's not uncommon for older people to get total hip replacements, doctors now often go with hip resurfacing implants for younger patients who have conditions such as osteoarthritis. The devices ...

More than 6,000 PEEK-based cement-less hip prosthetics developed by Swiss company Kyon have been implanted successfully in dogs and cats without requiring any revision surgery to date. A ...

How does one of the largest, well-known orthopedic device manufacturers in the world produce a hip implant that poisons, putrefies and requires premature replacement? It decides that immediate profit ...

This study shows that preoperative gait speed is a strong predictor of patient-reported pain relief, function, and joint ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. --Medical implant maker Stryker will pay at least $1.43 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits from patients who had to have surgery to remove problematic hip implants, under a deal ...

An Amur tiger that underwent hip-replacement surgery at a zoo outside Chicago has managed to dislodge the orthopedic implant, veterinarians at Brookfield Zoo said Thursday. The hip replacement is ...