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2. Heterotopic ossification - Wikipedia

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   Heterotopic ossification of varying severity can be caused by surgery or trauma to the hips and legs. About every third patient who has total hip arthroplasty (joint replacement) or a severe fracture of the long bones of the lower leg will develop heterotopic ossification, but is uncommonly symptomatic.

3. Exostosis - Wikipedia

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   Exostoses are sometimes shaped like spurs, such as calcaneal spurs. Osteomyelitis , a bone infection, may leave the adjacent bone with exostosis formation. Charcot foot , the neuropathic breakdown of the feet seen primarily in diabetics , can also leave bone spurs that may then become symptomatic.

4. Hereditary multiple exostoses - Wikipedia

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   It is characterized by the growth of cartilage-capped benign bone tumours around areas of active bone growth, particularly the metaphysis of the long bones. Typically five or six exostoses are found in upper and lower limbs. Image depicts adult regrowth after knee replacement. Skeleton of 92 year old woman with MHE who had knee replacements at ...

5. Hip Pain: The Most Common Causes & How to Prevent It - AOL

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   A hip fracture is when you break the ball of your hip or your femur (where the thigh bone meets the hip). It usually causes severe, sudden pain after a fall or car accident. Tendonitis

6. Hip replacement - Wikipedia

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   Total hip replacement is most commonly used to treat joint failure caused by osteoarthritis.Other indications include rheumatoid arthritis, avascular necrosis, traumatic arthritis, protrusio acetabuli, [5] certain hip fractures, benign and malignant bone tumors, [6] arthritis associated with Paget's disease, [7] ankylosing spondylitis [8] and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. [9]

7. Hip prosthesis zones - Wikipedia

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   Zones of a hip prosthesis, by the DeLee and Charnley system, [1] and the Gruen system. [2] After hip replacement, hip prosthesis zones are regions in the interface between prosthesis material and the surrounding bone. These are used as reference regions when describing for example complications including hip prosthesis loosening on medical imaging.

8. Causes and Treatment of Bone Spurs in the Knee - AOL

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   A bone spur (osteophyte) in the knee is mainly caused by wear and tear of the joint, leading to pain and stiffness. Learn more about the causes and treatment. Causes and Treatment of Bone Spurs in ...

9. Synovial osteochondromatosis - Wikipedia

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   Synovial osteochondromatosis (SOC) (synonyms include synovial chondromatosis, primary synovial chondromatosis, synovial chondrometaplasia) is a rare disease that creates a benign change or proliferation in the synovium or joint-lining tissue, which changes to form bone-forming cartilage. In most occurrences, there is only one joint affected ...