Hip surgery

Hip surgery

Hip replacement and related surgical operations.

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Hip surgery

Physiotherapy involves the use of natural force in the treatment of disease. It involves the use of certain procedures that help achieve the natural physiologic function of that particular muscle or ...

polyethylene

Health care; Hip surgery

Polyethylene is a polymer of ethylene that is resistant to chemicals and moisture and has good insulating properties. It is used in making artificial joint surfaces (bipolars) to increase their ...

prosthesis

Health care; Hip surgery

Prosthesis is a fabricated substitute for a missing part of the body. A Prosthetic can be used to replace a body part externally (artificial limb) or internally (artificial hip joint). Prosthetic can ...

pyogenic

Health care; Hip surgery

Any agent that causes pus producing is potentially pyogenic. Usually the organism is a bacterium. It reaches the bone or any other tissue via blood and lodges itself in the tissue thereby destroying ...

reamer

Health care; Hip surgery

A reamer is a rotating instrument with spirally turning blades used for enlarging a cavity. It is used for root canal treatment; and a slightly larger version is used for making the bone cavity ...

rehabilitation

Health care; Hip surgery

Rehabilitation is the concentrated efforts designed to guide a person with a major disability enabling them to lead a useful life within their constraints of their disability. Rehabilitation may be ...

rheumatoid arthritis

Health care; Hip surgery

An autoimmune disease which causes chronic inflammation of the joints, the tissue around the joints, as well as other organs in the body. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body tissues are ...