
Understanding Hip Fractures: How These Breaks Differ and Why Recovery Can Be Challenging
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Historically, hip fractures left patients crippled or even caused death due to lack of mobility and all its associated complications. Fortunately, this landscape is changing. Today, with the advances in prosthetics for hip replacement and hardware to repair fractures, not only have deaths been reduced, but people are getting back to active lifestyles.

Treat the Patient, Not the X-rays or Scans
In this article I will discuss the patient who has significant disability from a hip or knee, but whose workup either is not definitive or doesn’t appear “severe enough” to warrant joint replacement.

Age Is Not the Determining Factor in Joint Replacement Surgery
Two of the most common questions we receive at The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care are, “How old is too old to have joint replacement surgery?” and “How young is too young to have Joint replacement surgery?”

Sharing Informative Questions and Comments from Our Readers
At The Leone Center for Orthopedic care, my staff and I have created a number of online platforms to provide information and answer patient questions: via email at LeoneCenter@holy-cross.com, our comprehensive website, informational blog and video gallery, both on the website and on You Tube.

Joint Preservation Strategies to Delay the Need for Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
In the first of several blog posts about hip and knee joint preservation, I will discuss the mechanics of these amazing joints that help keep us moving and the conservative treatments that can delay and possibly prevent the eventual need for partial or total joint replacement.

When to Have Hip Revision Surgery Due to Metal-on-Metal Prostheses
Total hip replacement surgery has been one of the most successful…

Common Symptoms of Corrosion Problems from Metal-on-Metal Implants
In my last blog, I outlined the serious complications associated…

Can Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) Lead to Early Onset Osteoarthritis?
The hip is a ball-and-socket joint with a layer of cartilage…

When is Hip Arthroscopy an Effective Course of Treatment?
Arthroscopy is a surgical technique that has revolutionized procedures…

The Pros and Cons of Two Approaches to Hip Replacement: Mini-Posterior and Direct Anterior
In my last blog post, I discussed minimally invasive surgery…

Diagnosing an Arthritic Hip Joint
Osteoarthritis is one of the common causes of hip deterioration. …

Hip Resurfacing or Total Hip Replacement: A Candid Discussion
I recently read an article that cited a case study from France…