Preparing for Finger or Toe Surgery: Blood Thinners, Imaging and Arranging Help
Preparing for finger or toe surgery usually involves a medication review with the team that prescribes your blood thinners, any imaging the surgeon needs…
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Orthopedics
Articles on bones, joints and muscles: knee, hip, shoulder and back problems, joint replacement and sports injuries, explained from the first symptom through treatment options to recovery.
Hip Revision Surgery: Why Implants Fail and How Revision Works
Hip revision surgery replaces part or all of a failed hip implant. Implants most often fail through gradual loosening, component wear, infection, dislocation, or…
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Who Is a Candidate for Leg Lengthening for Height and Who Is Advised Against It?
Adults whose growth plates have closed, who are in good general and bone health, do not smoke, have a stable mental health picture, and…
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Swelling, Stiffness or Numbness After Hand Surgery: What Is Normal and What Is Not
Some swelling, stiffness and patchy numbness are expected after hand surgery and usually settle over weeks to months as tissues heal and irritated nerves…
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Who Needs Hip Dysplasia Surgery? Adults With Hip Pain vs Babies With DDH
Hip dysplasia surgery is usually considered in two groups: babies whose developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is not corrected by a harness or…
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Upper Limb Surgery Recovery: Slings, Splints and the Physiotherapy Milestones That Follow
Upper limb surgery recovery moves through protection, then motion, then strength. A sling or splint shields repaired tissue for a period the surgeon sets,…
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What Can Go Wrong After Ankle Replacement? Wound Healing, Stiffness and When to Call
After ankle replacement, the problems surgeons watch for most closely are slow wound healing over the thin skin at the front of the ankle,…
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How Long Does a Knee Replacement Last? What Registry Data Really Shows
Large national joint registries suggest a total knee replacement lasts far longer than the old '15 to 20 years' estimate. A 2019 analysis pooling…
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Joint Pain Causes: The 12 Reasons Beyond Arthritis
Joint pain has many causes beyond arthritis. Tendon and bursa irritation, overuse injuries, viral infections such as flu or chikungunya, Lyme disease, an underactive…
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Hip Arthroscopy: What Keyhole Hip Surgery Treats and How It Heals
Hip arthroscopy is keyhole surgery in which a surgeon uses a pencil-thin camera and small instruments, inserted through incisions about a centimeter long, to…
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How Donor Bone Is Screened, Prepared and Placed During Allograft Bone Grafting
Allograft bone grafting uses bone from a deceased human donor to fill or bridge a defect that a person's own bone cannot close on…
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Cemented or Cementless Knee Replacement: How Implants Are Fixed to Bone and Why It Matters
Cemented knee replacement anchors the implant with a fast-setting acrylic grout that fills the gap between metal and bone, while cementless (uncemented) designs rely…
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Yoga for Back Pain: What Trials Show and Which Poses to Avoid
Yoga for back pain has moderate-certainty evidence, mostly from randomized trials in chronic non-specific low back pain, showing small improvements in pain and daily…
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What to Bring and How to Dress Your Baby for a Pavlik Harness Fitting Appointment
For a Pavlik harness fitting appointment, dress your baby in a short-sleeved bodysuit and a fresh diaper, skip pants and tight sleepers, and bring…
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Hip Replacement Abroad: Costs, Safety Checks and Aftercare Planning
A total hip replacement abroad typically falls within a guide range of €9,100–16,900 for international patients, often well below typical UK (£11,000–17,000) or US…
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Does Cracking Your Knuckles Cause Arthritis?
No, the available evidence does not show that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. Studies comparing habitual knuckle crackers with people who never crack have…
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Before Complex Joint Reconstruction: Why Old Implant Records and Scans Shape the Plan
Preparing for revision joint surgery starts with gathering the records of your original implant, including the manufacturer name, model and sizes from your operative…
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How Robotic Knee Replacement Works: What the Robot Does and What Your Surgeon Still Decides
In robotic knee replacement, the surgeon builds a plan from a CT scan or mapped points on the knee, then a robotic arm or…
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