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Are myths about joint replacement stopping you from getting relief from nagging joint pain? Don't be fooled. When pain in your knees or hips interferes with your daily routine, it's time to learn the ...

Every year, thousands of knee and hip replacement patients develop debilitating infections after surgery. Researchers at the ...

As technologies and practices advance, more people than ever before are receiving joint replacements. These implants are also being done much earlier in life. How do you take care of a joint ...

Orthopaedic treatment is shifting as regenerative therapies focus on biological healing rather than mechanical repair.

Scientists at Stanford Medicine have discovered a treatment that can reverse cartilage loss in aging joints and even prevent arthritis after knee injuries. By blocking a protein linked to aging, the ...

Most patients spend about two days in the hospital after a hip or knee replacement and begin walking the same day of surgery. Joint replacement specialist Chris Pelt, MD, explains what to expect at ...

Each year, roughly 1 million Americans undergo a knee or hip replacement procedure. At the same time, joint replacement technology has become more advanced for faster recovery and better outcomes.

Total joint replacements in ASCs are increasing in popularity and becoming more common. The shift to value-based care, insurance coverage expansion and studies showing good patient outcomes in the ...

Joint distraction (the use of a surgical frame around a degenerated joint to strengthen and promote repair) promotes cartilage repair in severe end stage osteoarthritis of the knee. Almost complete ...