This week we are going to discuss a very rare but present danger to the hip joint which can be career-ending for an athlete as well as joint ending for you and me — avascular necrosis. Avascular as ...

Core decompression surgery is a newer surgical procedure compared with standard total hip replacement, and it has shown promising results. 11 Unfortunately, the disadvantage of this procedure is that ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- When you think of hip replacement, you probably picture an elderly person having surgery after taking a nasty fall. But young people can also need hip replacement because of a ...

Between 2022 and 2025, the hospital performed over 1,500 hip replacement surgeries. Nearly 90 per cent involved avascular necrosis in younger patients, many between 20 and 45 years of age. More ...

NEW HAVEN — The hip requires a well-formed ball and socket to keep us walking, standing and bending without pain, but without good blood flow, the head of the femur — the ball in the joint — can crack ...

BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox are confident that Mike Napoli can be their regular first baseman despite a hip condition that led to him signing a one-year contract instead of the original three-year ...

Sudden hip pain, shooting pain, a dull ache — all can be symptoms of issues involving your hip. The hip joint contains the ball of the thigh bone and the pelvis socket. It’s held in place with strong, ...

Q My mom is 61. She started having hip pain and figured it meant a hip replacement surgery at some point in the future. When she saw her doctor, the tests showed osteonecrosis, and the surgery had to ...

Clinicians must be well-versed in distinguishing the exact etiology of avascular necrosis of the hip in order to prevent further injury and recommend the best course of treatment. In a majority of ...