Infection poses one of the most serious risks to patients getting a hip or knee replaced, and a major U.S. drugmaker is developing a test to quickly identify the pathogens responsible so doctors can ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America have identified five procedures or tests that may be unnecessary when evaluating young patients with hip, foot ...

A study of patients with hip fractures found that preoperative cardiac stress testing resulted in low rates of cardiac intervention and significantly increased time until surgery. "Cardiac stress ...

Surgically repairing hip joints can relieve persistent pain and possibly prevent hip replacements later in life. One common source of persistent pain in a hip joint can be a tear in the labrum, ...

A 30-year-old man presents with persistent diffuse pain around his right buttock, groin and upper thigh. There is mild discomfort when weight-bearing and performing extreme movements of the hip.

Cleveland Clinic. This academic medical center is located in Ohio and treats a variety of musculoskeletal impairments in its orthopedic department and has its very own center for spine health.