Hip surgery

Hip surgery

Hip replacement and related surgical operations.

Contributors in Hip surgery

Hip surgery

Anemia is a qualitative or quantitative reduction in the RBC (red blood cells) of blood. Sickle cell anemia, which is a genetically acquired disease, is a qualitative reduction in the RBC function. ...

spurs

Health care; Hip surgery

A spur is a small projection from any structure. A bony spur is a spine or a projection from a bone. ‘Spur’ is an archaic term for a horny outgrowth from the skin. Spurs may press upon the arteries ...

tendon

Health care; Hip surgery

Tendon is a fibrous chord or band that connects a muscle to a bone or other structures. Tendons are strong because they contain very little cells but a lot of a substance called as collagen. They are ...

thigh

Health care; Hip surgery

The thigh extends from the hip to the knee. The thigh has only one bone, the femur which is the largest bone in the human body.

thigh bone

Health care; Hip surgery

The thigh bone in anatomy is called the "femur." Whichever term you care to use -- thigh bone or femur, it is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee.

thrombophlebitis

Health care; Hip surgery

Thrombophlebitis is venous inflammation with blood clot formation. This causes severe pain and sweling because the blood cannot drain away properly from the tissues. Also, other channels of drainage ...

total hip replacement

Health care; Hip surgery

Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed and replaced with artificial materials. A metal ball with a stem (a prosthesis) is inserted into the femur (thigh ...