I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient ... dislocated the hip and removed the femoral head, or ball to the ball and hip socket, So here's ...

Total Hip Replacement In total hip replacement, the whole hip — both the femoral head (the ball) and the acetabulum (the socket) — are replaced. Almost all hip replacements are total hip ...

slips and may cause a misshapen femoral head, resulting in arthritis/damaged cartilage later in adulthood Hip replacement surgery is among the most successful of surgical procedures. The operation ...

Although the quantification and evaluation of dementia severity is not a standard practice of hip replacement surgeons ... which involves removal of the femoral head without prosthetic implantation.

In a successful medical procedure, a 45-year-old Navi Mumbai man who had been experiencing avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head for the past year, underwent a total hip replacement surgery ...

Sierra, MD, discusses the importance of joint preservation for osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Although primary total hip arthroplasty may be a good option for any diagnosis, Sierra said ...