“Infection is the number one cause…and fracture is a worry, with people in their 80s and 90s who had their joint replacement 20 years ago falling and breaking their hip or knee,” he said.

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A shoulder replacement.Credit ... range of movements that we get in a shoulder that we don’t get in a hip and knee.” ‘The main reasons joint replacements go wrong is: they are too long ...

Top Threat: Labral tear What it is: Damage to the shoulder labrum ... and drunk dancing at weddings. Top Threat: Hip labral tear What it is: An injury of the hip labrum, a gasket-like cartilage ...

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Canadians who need a hip or knee replacement could get the surgery more quickly — without adding to health-care budgets or opening more operating rooms — if central waitlists were created ...

Approximately 800,000 knee replacement surgeries are performed ... technologies and apply it to the ankle, to the hip and even to the shoulder. But as of right now, at least in the United States ...

In 2016, Medicare implemented Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR), a national mandatory bundled-payment model for hip or knee replacement in randomly selected metropolitan statistical ...

Knee or hip replacement is a major surgery, and many people must lean hard on their spouses to care for them during weeks to months of recuperation. But all that hassle is absolutely worthwhile ...

Dr. Joseph Conflitti with UT Health East Texas stopped by East Texas Live on Monday to discuss robotic-assisted total hip and knee replacement. For more information, ...