hip

Many patients who reach the stage of requiring a hip replacement usually will have suffered from pain and discomfort in and around the hip joint for quite some time. Osteoarthritis – which is the most common reason people require hip replacement surgery – usually develops gradually over a number of years with hip discomfort and hip…

A 45-year-old male with known avascular necrosis of bilateral hips presented to our office to discuss the management of the left hip. The patient previously had a right total hip replacement for avascular necrosis. He was originally diagnosed with AVN of bilateral hips five years ago. Subsequently, secondary to the collapse of the right hip he underwent…