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 ...

AVN is a rare and usually asymptomatic complication during myeloma therapy. Cumulative dexamethasone dose, male sex, and younger age, but not thalidomide, increase the risk of AVN.

Dear Doctors: 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 ...

Young people are increasingly facing severe mobility loss due to a little-known bone condition. Hip and knee surgeon Dr ...

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 ...