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  2. Hip replacement - Wikipedia

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    They can include infection, dislocation, limb length inequality, loosening, impingement, osteolysis, metal sensitivity, nerve palsy, chronic pain and death. Weight loss surgery before a hip replacement does not appear to change outcomes. [9] Edema appears around the hip in the hours or days following the surgery.

  3. Heterotopic ossification - Wikipedia

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    Heterotopic ossification of varying severity can be caused by surgery or trauma to the hips and legs. About every third patient who has total hip arthroplasty (joint replacement) or a severe fracture of the long bones of the lower leg will develop heterotopic ossification, but is uncommonly symptomatic.

  4. Avascular necrosis - Wikipedia

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    Specimen removed during total hip replacement surgery. Specialty: Orthopedics: Symptoms: Joint pain, decreased ability to move: Complications: Osteoarthritis: Usual onset: Gradual: Risk factors: Bone fractures, joint dislocations, high dose steroids: Diagnostic method: Medical imaging, biopsy: Differential diagnosis

  5. Metallosis - Wikipedia

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    Physical effects and symptoms. Persons suffering from metallosis can experience any of the following symptoms: Extreme pain (even when not moving); Swelling and inflammation; Loosening of the implant; Joint dislocation; Bone deterioration; Aseptic fibrosis, local necrosis; Hip replacement failure;

  6. Hip dislocation - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms: Hip pain, trouble moving the hip: Complications: Avascular necrosis of the hip, arthritis: Types: Anterior, posterior: Causes: Trauma, hip dysplasia: Diagnostic method: Confirmed by X-rays: Differential diagnosis: Hip fracture, hip dysplasia: Prevention: Seat-belts: Treatment: Reduction of the hip carried out under procedural sedation ...

  7. Prosthetic joint infection - Wikipedia

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    Medication. Antibiotics. Frequency. 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.