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Bisphosphonates Increase Joint Replacement SurvivalMedications Designed to Treat Osteoporosis Found to Help People with Hip or Knee Prostheses
Total Hip & Knee Replacement: Best Way to Prevent InfectionInfection after total hip and knee replacement surgery is a real concern since it can be fatal.- Preventing Pulmonary Embolism After Joint Replacement SurgeryOf all surgeries, joint replacement is most likely to result in blood clots, which can lead to pulmonary embolism, and surgeons routinely prescribe potent blood thinners (anticoagulants) to help prevent pulmonary embolism.
- Heart Complications with Total Joint Replacement Surgery on Knees and HipsA 2008 study found two new heart risk factors in total joint replacement surgery: having bilateral joint replacement, replacing joints on both sites of the body during one surgery, and having revision surgery to replace an earlier joint implant.
- Total Joint Replacement Surgeries Are on the RiseThe pain and recovery associated with total joint replacement surgeries years ago, along with the profound costs, made it an almost unreachable goal for most people. In many cases, the afflicted...
- New Joint Replacement Material Prevents DeteriorationSurgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital performed the first total hip replacement with a new material invented at the hospital. This material expected to prevent the joint from loosening within five years.
- How to Prepare for Total Joint Replacement SurgeryTotal joint replacement is one of the most predictable and sucessful procedures performed today, but there are a few things to know bfore you have it done.
- Orthopedic Joint Replacement: Tips from Someone Who Had the Surgery in Her '20sOne person's experience with hip and knee replacements
- Total Joint Replacement Surgeries Are on the RiseThe advances made in modern medicine are so amazing. Case in point, the way we can replace parts of our body that is broken or is beginning to break down on us. For instance, lets look at the human joint.
- Ball Joint Replacement Procedures for Ford PickupsThe best method of testing the wear on the ball joint is to grab the top of the tire and attempt to wobble the tire in toward the truck and out again, feeling for any freeplay. Read on for details on how to replace a ball joint.
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