Cement-in-cement revision total hip arthroplasty is a process by which a surgeon removes the femoral component of an original hip replacement from its cement mantle and replaces it with a cemented femoral component into the same cement mantle. A phenomenally powerful...
In the field of medicine, there are a number of different radiologic classifications that surgeons use to determine the amount and severity of heterotopic ossification, or the development of bone matter where it does not belong. While heterotopic ossification occurs...
Smoking hampers the body’s ability to repair wounds by affecting the supply of oxygen to tissues. Smoking has ill effect on the cardiovascular system, circulatory system, skin, teeth, and life expectancy. Smoking is a potentially modifiable patient behavior with...
The epidemic of obesity continues to plague the American public. According to recent studies and projections by 2050 the entire US populace will be overweight or obese. Numerous studies in the field of orthopaedic surgery have found that patients who are obese prior...
More and more surgeons are opting to perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for total hip replacements (THR). MIS is not simply defined by the size of the incision; rather it attempts to reduced damage to all of the soft tissues. Patients’ demand is the...
