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  2. Hip replacement - Wikipedia

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    Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. [1] Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi/semi(half) replacement. Such joint replacement orthopaedic surgery is generally conducted to relieve arthritis pain or in some hip fractures.

  3. Hip prosthesis zones - Wikipedia

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    After hip replacement, hip prosthesis zones are regions in the interface between prosthesis material and the surrounding bone. These are used as reference regions when describing for example complications including hip prosthesis loosening on medical imaging. Postoperative controls after hip replacement surgery is routinely done by projectional ...

  4. Osteolysis - Wikipedia

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    Osteolysis is an active resorption of bone matrix by osteoclasts and can be interpreted as the reverse of ossification. Although osteoclasts are active during the natural formation of healthy bone the term "osteolysis" specifically refers to a pathological process. Osteolysis often occurs in the proximity of a prosthesis that causes either an ...

  5. Prosthetic joint infection - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 2% of hip and knee replacements. Prosthetic joint infection (PJI), also known as peri-prosthetic joint infection (PJI), is an acute, sub-acute or chronic infection of a prosthetic joint. It may occur in the period after the joint replacement or many years later. It usually presents as joint pain, erythema (redness of the joint or ...

  6. Femoroacetabular impingement - Wikipedia

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    Click image to see video illustration of the three types. Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a condition involving one or more anatomical abnormalities of the hip joint, which is a ball and socket joint. [1] It is a common cause of hip pain and discomfort in young and middle-aged adults. [2]

  7. Jennie Garth, 52, Reveals She's Had 2 Hip Replacement ... - AOL

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    Jennie Garth has revealed she's undergone two hip surgeries, telling Self magazine that she's "no longer at a place where I want to hide things". The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum said she had her ...

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