Although infection after hip replacement surgery is relatively rare (around 1 in 100), the impact on patients' lives can be devastating. A new website and toolkit have been developed to help ...

Medically reviewed by Raynetta Samuels, PT, DPT, CLT A revision hip replacement surgery is a surgical procedure to replace a worn out or failed hip replacement implant. Hip replacements are among the ...

I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient ... We think of everything we can to prevent infection because the consequences of an infection can ...

As total joint replacement surgical technology has improved over the past, but a vital part of care — infection prevention methods — have largely remained stagn ...

Dr. Abhinandan S Punit, Consultant - Orthopaedic Surgeon, Robotic Joint Replacement Surgery & Sports Medicine Elite Orthocare & Multispeciality Clinic, Bangalore The Direct Anterior Approach is ...

Much of our work is focused on improving patients’ outcomes after hip and knee replacement, particularly for patients who experience adverse events or outcomes such as joint infection or chronic pain.

More than 110,000 hip replacement operations are carried out ... before then turning his attention to infection control in major surgery. Teaming up with a local engineer, he created a sterile ...