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INFORMATION ABOUT: Ankle Child Orthopedics Elbow Foot General Hand Hip Knee Shoulder Spine - Cervical Spine - Lumbar Spine - Thoracic Wrist View Web RX OUR PROVIDERS: -- Select Provider -- Dr. Christian Veillette Copyright Statement Patient Education Disclaimer		Recent News: Hip Search News:   Hip Articles Only Search All News Articles Patient Education Topics for: Hip | Hip FAQs Recent News   Precautions After Total Hip: Do We Really Need Them? 2009-12-31   There's Only One Way to Ensure Accuracy of Hip Joint Injection 2009-12-17   Concerns About Long-Term Use of Fosamax 2009-12-03   Special Gel Speeds Up Recovery in Cementless Hip Replacements 2009-11-25   Charnley Total Hip Arthroplasty Has Good Long-Term Record 2009-11-19   Testing and Treating the Athlete with Groin Pain 2009-10-29   Walking Can Begin Immediately After Hip Fracture Surgery 2009-10-15   Reducing Complications After Surgery for Hip Fractures 2009-10-15   Delays in Surgery for Hip Fracture Cause Problems 2009-10-15   Patient or Procedure: Which One Makes the Difference? 2009-09-10   Surgeon Reports Results of Hip Joint Resurfacing Using Minimally Invasive Approach 2009-08-26   What the Experts Are Saying About Femoroacetabular Impingement 2009-07-23   Incidence of Hip Squeaking After Replacement is Underreported 2009-07-02   Benefits of Aquatic Therapy After Hip or Knee Replacement 2009-05-13   Evidence Supports Use of Accelerated Joint Replacements 2009-04-30   Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hip Osteoarthritis 2009-04-23   Treatment of Degenerative Hip Disease in Younger Patients 2009-04-23   A New Problem for the Baby Boomer Generation 2009-04-23   Factors Affecting Function After Hip Fracture 2009-04-16   Transient Hip Osteoporosis: What Happens Over Time? 2009-04-02   Antibiotic-Impregnated Cement Has Limited Cost Savings in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty 2009-03-25   Getting Back to Normal Walking Patterns After Hip Surgery 2009-03-18   Waiting For a Hip or Knee Replacement? 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2007-03-22   Pseudotumor from Polyethylene Wear Debris 2007-03-01   Improving Screw Fixation In Hip Fracture 2007-02-01   Real-Time Ultrasound Identifies Causes of Snapping Hip Syndrome 2007-01-25   Hemiarthroplasty or Total Hip Replacement for Hip Fracture? 2007-01-04   Pain Relief at the Bone Graft Site 2007-01-04   Reducing Bone Loss Through Femoral Stem Design 2006-12-28   Total Hip Replacement: What Do Patients Prefer? 2006-12-28   Caution Advised with Hip Resurfacing 2006-12-28   Medical Problems After Joint Replacement 2006-12-14   Treating Bone Deficiencies During Hip Replacement Revision 2006-11-02   Joint Replacements Trigger Some, But Not All, Airport Security Systems 2006-11-02   American Surgeons Slow to Embrace Hip Resurfacing 2006-10-05   Cemented and Uncemented Hip Replacements: Surgeons Must Do Both 2006-10-05   New Gold Standard in Hip Replacement 2006-10-05   Rare Complication of Total Hip Replacement 2006-09-28   Reducing Complications with Two-Incision Minimally Invasive Hip Surgery 2006-09-28   Activity Reduces Bone Loss After Total Hip Replacement 2006-09-14   Fractures After Hip or Knee Replacement 2006-09-14   Uncemented Hip Replacements in Younger, Active Patients 2006-09-14   Physical Therapists Offer Help for Hip Osteoarthritis 2006-08-25   Hip Joint Resurfacing Gains Popularity Again 2006-08-17   Results of Rehab for Primary and Revision Hip Replacement 2006-08-17   Results of Acetabular Reconstruction for Severe Hip Problems 2006-08-03   Looking Back to Find Hip Labral Tears 2006-08-03   Charnley Hip Replacements Stand the Test of Time 2006-08-03   Choosing the Right Patient for Hip Arthroscopy 2006-07-27   Fracture After Hip Replacement 2006-07-12   Unilateral Hip Dysplasia Usually Bilateral 2006-06-30   Treatment Options for Femoral Neck Fractures 2006-06-15   Endoscopic Release of the Iliotibial Band for Snapping Hip Syndrome 2006-06-08   Total Hip Replacement in Patients with Severe Bone Defects 2006-06-08   Predicting Results of Hip Replacement Revision 2006-05-25   Hip Fracture in the Elderly: Repair or Replace? 2006-04-27   Latest Statistics on Hip Fractures 2006-04-27   Tracking Recovery After Hip Fracture 2006-04-20   Preventing Blood Clots Before and During Total Hip Replacement All That's Needed 2006-04-06   Improving Outcome of Rehab After Hip Fracture 2006-03-15   Review of Leg Length Changes After Hip Replacement 2006-03-01   First Report on Nine Cases of "Frozen" Hip 2006-03-01   Physical Therapy Helps After Hip or Knee Replacement 2006-02-17   Looking Back Improves Treatment of Hip Fractures 2006-02-09   Mayo Clinic Investigates Nerve Palsy After Hip Replacement 2006-01-17   Unique Timing of Double Hip Replacements 2006-01-13   Thigh Pain After Total Hip Replacement 2006-01-13   Surgeons at Mayo Clinic Compare Methods of Total Hip Replacement 2006-01-13   Regional Anesthesia Replacing General in Hip Surgery 2006-01-13   Results of Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement: Too Soon to Tell? 2005-12-14   Results of 1000 Mini-Incision Hip Replacements 2005-12-08   Advisory Statement for Surgeons 2005-12-08   Should Doctors Withhold Hip Replacement Surgery From Obese Patients? 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Patients' Expectations before Total Hip Replacement 2003-11-30   Comparing Hip Replacements with and without Special Coating 2003-11-11   Hybrid Total Hip for Developmental Hip Dysplasia 2003-11-11   Choosing the Best Treatment after Hip Fracture: Fixation or Joint Replacement 2003-11-11   Returning Motion to a Fused Hip 2003-11-11   Educated Patients Fare Best after Hip Replacement Surgery 2003-11-11   Finding Hip Joint Implants That Last 2003-11-11   Fitting a Straight Stem into a Curved Bone during Total Hip Replacement 2003-11-11   Radiation to Prevent Abnormal Bone Growth after Total Hip Replacement 2003-11-11   Should Mrs. Jones Have a Hip Joint Replacement Using the Posterior Approach? 2003-11-11   X-Ray Limitations for Hidden Bone Problems after Total Hip Replacement 2003-10-12   Robots on the Cutting Edge 2003-10-12   Costs Outweigh Payments for Revised Hip Replacement 2003-10-12   Guidelines for Driving after Total Hip Replacement 2003-10-12   The Immune System Blamed for Loosening of Hip Implant 2003-10-12   Laser Scanning May Help Prevent Failed Hip Replacement Revisions 2003-10-12   The Effect of Sterilization on Long-Term Wear of an Artificial Hip Joint 2003-10-12   Knee OA Treatment May Work for Hip OA, Too 2003-10-12   There's No Place Like Home to Heal Hip Fractures 2003-10-12   Improved Bone Union after Total Hip Replacement Surgery 2003-09-03   Uncemented Total Hip Joints Revised with Cement 2003-09-03   Uncemented Total Hip Joints Revised with Cement 2003-09-03   Choosing a Hip Replacement: Ceramic or Metal? 2003-09-03   New Way to Restore a Flattened Hip Ball 2003-09-03   New CT Scan Measures Bone Loss around the Hip Socket 2003-09-03   News For Patients Planning for a Total Hip Replacement 2003-07-31   The Challenge of Treating Hip Osteonecrosis in Young Adults 2003-07-31   New Use for PET Scans in Patients with New Hips 2003-07-31   Understanding Body Temperature Changes after Total Hip Replacement Surgery 2003-07-31   Comparison of Two Approaches for Implanting a New Hip Joint 2003-07-31   Doctors' Advice for Back and Leg Symptoms after Total Hip Replacement 2003-07-30   Adding a New Dimension to Study Hip Joint Implants 2003-07-30   Fifteen-Year Results of Cementless Total Hip Replacement 2003-07-30   Technical Note on Trochanteric Osteotomy During Total Hip Replacement Surgery 2003-07-30   The Unfolding of Joint Plica 2003-07-30   Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Works for Piriformis Syndrome 2003-07-07   Study of Hip Joint Replacements in Adults Younger Than 50 2003-07-07   Hip Replacement after Hip Fracture 2003-07-07   Options When a Ceramic Hip Replacement Breaks 2003-07-07   Special Hip Socket Implant Helps Prevent Hip Dislocation 2003-06-12   Cement Extrusion During Total Hip Joint Replacement: Measurement and Incidence 2003-06-12   Total Hip Replacement Improves Sleep in Arthritis Sufferers 2003-06-12   Surgeons Take an Extra Step to Improve Muscle Strength after Hip Replacement Surgery 2003-06-08   Good Results with Extra-Large, Press-Fit Cups for Acetabular Revision 2003-06-08   Effect of Hip Replacement Design in Reducing Hip Dislocation 2003-06-08   Update on Osteonecrosis and Hip Joint Replacement 2003-06-08   New Surgical Developments in Hip Dysplasia 2003-06-08   Hip Revision For Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis 2003-06-08   Get Better Faster by Starting an Exercise Program before Getting a New Hip 2003-05-05   A Loose Hip Responds to the Right Surgery 2003-05-05   Navigation System Improves Mini-Incision Hip Replacement 2003-05-05   Accounting for Differences in Rates of Wear Between Identical Hip Joint Implants 2003-05-05   Dehydration Slows Rehabilitation after Joint Replacement and Hip Fracture Surgery 2003-05-05   Preheating Hip-Joint Implants Maximizes the Effect of Joint Cement 2003-05-05   Total Hip Replacement for Diastrophic Dysplasia 2003-05-05   Best Choice for Replacing a Damaged Femoral Head 2003-05-05   Mixing Antibiotics with Joint Cement to Reduce Infection with Joint Replacement Surgery 2003-05-05   Research Helps Doctors Choose the Best Surgical Tools for Hip Replacements 2003-05-05   A New Hip for the Adult Who had a Childhood Hip Infection 2003-03-06   Counting on a Total Hip Replacement 2003-02-05   Counting on a New Hip Joint 2003-02-05   Hip Fracture after Age 90 2003-01-31   Cross Words for Puzzling Thigh Pain after a New Hip Joint 2003-01-30   Hip News for Patients and Doctors Fooled by "Back Pain" 2002-12-20   Boning Up to Improve Function after Hip Fracture 2002-12-20   Dislocated a New Hip--Lately? 2002-12-10   The Best Time for Hip Replacement Surgery Is . . . Still Unclear 2002-12-09   Withholding Cement Helps Hold Some New Hip Joints 2002-11-19   Thinking Small in Hip Replacement Surgery 2002-10-31   Hip Tips for Hockey Players 2002-10-22   Death to the Tip of the Hip 2002-09-18   Electric Recovery after Hip Surgery 2002-09-02   Changing a Fused Hip to a New Hip Joint 2002-09-02   For the Young at Hip 2002-09-02   Making Bones about a Hip Fracture 2002-09-02   Simple Snip for Snapping Hip 2002-08-08   One New Hip, One Year Later 2002-06-25   Safety Outweighs Savings in Hip Surgery 2002-06-17   Runners Are Hip, Especially When They Stretch 2002-05-28   Keeping New Hips in the Socket: A Plug for Prevention 2002-05-20   Hips Snap Back into Shape 2002-04-12   Walking It Off: Early Walking Predicts Short-Term Results from Hip Surgery 2002-03-12   Need a Hip Replacement? Who Ya Gonna Call? 2002-02-05   Arthritic Hips Out of Rhythm: New Rhyme for the Reason 2002-02-05   Goochy, Goochy, Goo: It's a Brand New Baby--and Hip Joint, Too! 2002-01-08   Primary Osteoarthritis: What Is It? 2002-01-08   Leg-Length Difference in the Elderly: How Much Is a Problem? 2001-07-19   Cha-Ching! The Total Cost for a Hip Fracture Is ... 2001-06-07   Take Heart, Seniors--You Can Recover from Leg Fractures 2001-05-14   Elderly People Are Hip, Except When They Fall 2001-02-21   Doctor, Can I Play Tennis after My Hip Replacement Surgery? 2001-02-15   *Disclaimer:*The information contained herein is compiled from a variety of sources. It may not be complete or timely. It does not cover all diseases, physical conditions, ailments or treatments. The information should NOT be used in place of visit with your healthcare provider, nor should you disregard the advice of your health care provider because of any information you read in this topic. 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