When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for ...

Medically reviewed by Raynetta Samuels, PT, DPT, CLT A revision hip replacement surgery is a surgical procedure to replace a ...

Metal-on-metal implants replace the hip joint with a metal ball and cup. Hundreds more metal-on-metal claims against a number of other manufacturers are said to be on hold pending the outcome of ...

Hip replacement surgery results in months of ... before having to undergo implant surgery,' says Mikayo. 'I only had the operation just before Christmas, but since then I have been fine, with ...

Thousands of hip replacement patients may be at risk of metal poisoning due to hidden wear and tear of the implants used, ...

Hundreds of patients have lost the first round of a legal battle for compensation at the High Court over allegedly "defective" hip implants. A judge ruled that manufacturer DePuy was not liable to ...

A Texas federal judge Tuesday sliced in half a $1 billion jury award against DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson for their metal-on-metal hip implants, citing concerns about due process in ...

One nice thing about using a modular implant such as this is that if one component of the total hip system begins to wear out or fail, you can actually go in and replace just that component ...

"The electronic prosthetic knee is life-changing," said ... In 2021, 1.5 million knee or hip joint replacements were performed in United States hospitals and hospital-owned ambulatory facilities ...