Core decompression surgery is a newer surgical procedure compared with standard total hip replacement, and it has shown promising results. 11 Unfortunately, the disadvantage of this procedure is that ...

This week we are going to discuss a very rare but present danger to the hip joint which can be career-ending for an athlete as well as joint ending for you and me — avascular necrosis. Avascular as ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- When you think of hip replacement, you probably picture an elderly person having surgery after taking a nasty fall. But young people can also need hip replacement because of a ...

Q My mom is 61. She started having hip pain and figured it meant a hip replacement surgery at some point in the future. When she saw her doctor, the tests showed osteonecrosis, and the surgery had to ...