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2. Hip resurfacing - Wikipedia

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   Hip resurfacing has been developed as a surgical alternative to total hip replacement (THR). The procedure consists of placing a cap (usually made of cobalt-chrome metal), which is hollow and shaped like a mushroom, over the head of the femur while a matching metal cup (similar to what is used with a THR) is placed in the acetabulum (pelvis socket), replacing the articulating surfaces of the ...

3. This Simple Trick Helped Me Avoid Hip Replacement - AOL

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   This Simple Trick Helped Me Avoid Hip Replacement. I ran my last half-marathon running race ten years ago but, right after that race, a hip injury set me back to the point that I thought I would ...

4. Shaq posts video of his recovery following hip surgery: 'Bout ...

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   Shaquille O’Neal is on the road to recovery following hip replacement surgery, and he's already back on the grind. The 51-year-old former basketball star shared a video to Instagram on March 26 ...

5. Distraction osteogenesis - Wikipedia

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   Distraction osteogenesis ( DO ), also called callus distraction, callotasis and osteodistraction, is a process used in orthopedic surgery, podiatric surgery, and oral and maxillofacial surgery to repair skeletal deformities and in reconstructive surgery. [1] [2] The procedure involves cutting and slowly separating bone, allowing the bone ...

6. Microfracture surgery - Wikipedia

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   Microfracture surgery is an articular cartilage repair surgical technique that works by creating tiny fractures in the underlying bone. This causes new cartilage to develop from a so-called super-clot. The surgery is quick (typically lasting between 30 and 90 minutes), minimally invasive, and can have a significantly shorter recovery time than ...

7. Robot-assisted surgery - Wikipedia

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   The existing open surgery technique has many flaws such as limited access to the surgical area, long recovery time, long hours of operation, blood loss, surgical scars, and marks. [88] The robot's costs range from $1 million to $2.5 million for each unit, [1] and while its disposable supply cost is normally $1,500 per procedure, the cost of the ...