Hip surgery

Hip surgery

Hip replacement and related surgical operations.

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invasive

Health care; Hip surgery

The beginning or incursion of a disease is termed as invasive. The term usually refers to an infectious organism or cancer cells capable of metastasis.

A joint is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. An articulation or an arthrosis is the ...

ligament

Health care; Hip surgery

A ligament is a band or a sheet of tissue that connects two or more bones or cartilage. Extra capsular ligaments are the structures that hold the bones of various joints together. They keep them just ...

manoeuvre

Health care; Hip surgery

A planned movement or procedure designed to achieve a specific purpose.

marrow

Health care; Hip surgery

Bones are not completely solid. Some bones like the long bones of the arms and the legs have cavities in them to make them light. This cavity is filled with a soft fatty substance called the marrow. ...

metabolism

Health care; Hip surgery

Metabolism refers to the sum of chemical changes that take place in a cell. This consists of Anabolism (a energy consuming, body building process) and Catabolism (energy giving, breakdown process). ...

osteoarthritis

Health care; Hip surgery

Osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis that is caused by the breakdown and eventual loss of the cartilage of one or more joints. Osteoarthritis commonly affects the hands, feet, spine, and large ...