Hip News

The patient was a 73-year-old man with progressively disabling right hip pain for 2.5 years. The patient had failed nonsurgical approaches to this condition.

A 78-year-old man presented to clinic with long-standing left groin and thigh pain.

SAN DIEGO — Results presented here showed patients who had significant weight loss prior to total hip arthroplasty with use of a GLP-1 receptor agonist experienced a decreased risk for complications but an increased risk for mortality.

SAN DIEGO — Results presented here showed health care descriptions created by ChatGPT were perceived to be accurate, authentic and believable by patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty compared with descriptions from orthopedic surgeons.

SAN DIEGO — Standardized documentation of surgical decision-making and preoperative surgical care may reduce Medicare audit requests for total joint arthroplasty cases, according to results.

SAN DIEGO — Stopping GLP-1 receptor agonists 14 days prior to total hip or knee arthroplasty may reduce several key risk factors associated with anesthesia complications, according to results presented here.

SAN DIEGO — Results showed white patients were more likely to undergo total hip arthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fracture compared with historically underrepresented groups, who were more likely to undergo hemiarthroplasty.

SAN DIEGO — A survey from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons revealed that surgical volume and gender were key determinants of compensation for hip and knee surgeons, according to results presented here.

Orthopedic surgery is a marvelous field because we can make meaningful improvements in the comfort and function of patients disabled by arthritis, instability, tendon tears, developmental disorders and fractures.