Average Hip, Knee Replacement Patient May Be Getting Younger

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• July 24, 2024
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Brent Ruch, a collegiate basketball center, opted to have his left knee replaced at age 35 after struggling with pain for years.

“Walking with a limp and living with a consistent aching pain was physically and emotionally difficult.  I didn’t want ...

What to Expect During Rehab After Hip Replacement

• Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
• May 21, 2024
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Hip replacement is a major, arduous elective surgery, and rehabilitation afterwards takes time, according to an expert from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.

It'll also take coordinated planning between yourself, your care team and your family and caregivers, said

Extra Antibiotic With Hip, Knee Replacement Won't Prevent Infections: Study

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• October 19, 2023
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Millions of people undergo joint replacement surgery every year. To prevent infection, doctors often give them a second antibiotic -- but new research suggests this can backfire.

Adding a second antibiotic at the time of hip and knee replacement surgery may actually...

Should Folks Get Hip Replacements in Their 90s?

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• August 29, 2023
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If you are in your 90s, is hip replacement surgery too dangerous for you?

That depends, new research shows: While elderly patients have more complications and higher death rates after such a procedure, the surgery can be "appropriately considered."

That's because t...

Hip Replacements No Riskier for Folks Living With HIV

• Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
• July 31, 2023
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Hip replacement surgery is safe for HIV patients, a new study shows.

Some surgeons are reluctant to perform total hip replacement surgery on patients with HIV or AIDS, because of concerns about complications, including higher risk of infection, need for repeated surgery ...

Fixing a Painful Joint Problem Won't Ease Mental Health Ills, Study Finds

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• June 30, 2023
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Blaming your ailing knees for feeling down?

Unfortunately, even after physical pain eases, healing or fixing an injured joint often does not improve mental health, research shows.

A new study found that anxiety symptoms only improved when a patient had major improv...

Low-Dose Colchicine Might Prevent or Delay Knee, Hip Replacements

• Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
• May 31, 2023
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An anti-inflammatory drug that has been around for over 2,000 years might help delay a very modern problem: hip and knee replacements.

That's the suggestion of a new study finding that older adults who used the drug -- called colchicine -- were less likely to need hip or...

Higher Price Tag Doesn't Guarantee Better Quality Joint Replacement: Study

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• December 26, 2022
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The prices that health insurers agree to pay for joint replacement surgery vary widely and are unrelated to conventional measures of the quality of care.

That's the conclusion of a new study that found who is footing the bill is the biggest influence on the price tag.

What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?

• By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
• June 20, 2022
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Patients who have spinal anesthesia while doctors repair a broken hip have more pain and need more prescription painkillers afterward than those given general anesthesia, a ...

Arthroscopy: A Viable Treatment Option for Painful Hip Joints

• By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
• May 15, 2022
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College basketball player Joey Liedel suffered years of debilitating hip pain that limited his ability to play.

As a freshman at University of Detroit-Mercy, he was in constant discomfort. Eventually, the Erie, Mich., athlete underwent hip surgery and took some time off ...

Having a Hip, Knee Replacement? Some Tips to an Optimal Recovery

• By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
• May 7, 2022
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If you're one of the estimated one million Americans having total hip or knee replacement surgery this year, some lifestyle changes might improve your chances of a good outcome, an expert says.