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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. Microfracture surgery - Wikipedia

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   Microfracture surgery. Left knee-joint from behind, showing interior ligaments. ( Lateral meniscus and medial meniscus are cartilage.) 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.

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

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   At that point I knew that my hip was in trouble and needed attention. I was diagnosed with a torn labrum. I tried several types of therapy including stem cell treatment and platelet-rich plasma (PRP).

5. Minimally invasive hip resurfacing - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. orthopedic. [ edit on Wikidata] Minimally invasive hip resurfacing (MIS) is a total or partial hip surgery that can be carried out through an incision of less than 10 cm (4 inches) without imparting great forces on the anatomy or compromising component positioning. [1] The modified posterior MIS approach to hip resurfacing and total ...

6. Manipulation under anesthesia - Wikipedia

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   Alternative therapy. Manipulation under anesthesia ( MUA) or fibrosis release procedures [1] is a multidisciplinary, chronic pain-related manual therapy modality which is used for the purpose of improving articular and soft tissue movement. [dubious – discuss][definition needed] This is accomplished by way of a combination of controlled joint ...

7. Paulina Porizkova is having hip replacement surgery at 58 ...

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   As Verywell Health explains, a hip replacement can be either total (in which a portion of the pelvis and the head of the thigh bone are removed by an orthopedic surgeon and replaced with implants ...