These types of comments are really expressing a concern for the comorbidities and associated processes that occur at a higher rate in the very elderly. Most surgeons who specialize in hip and knee ...

In the modern era of medicine, a 100-year-old man, Mr. S. C. Kapur, successfully underwent a hip replacement surgery in New ...

“Traditionally, hip resurfacing arthroplasty has been recommended for younger, active patients due to concerns about bone ...

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By contrast, there are certain conditions in the very elderly that most consider an absolute contraindication to hip replacement surgery, as other pain relieving surgeries are sometimes equally as ...