Joel Matta, MD, pioneered the anterior approach for total hip replacement in the United States in 1996, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip disorders at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., ...

Senior Director of U.S. Joint Reconstruction and Outpatient Marketing at DePuy Synthes Scott Zellner discusses the evolution of the Anterior Approach to total hip replacement and how the move to value ...

Dr. Maxwell Thomas is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in primary and revision joint arthroplasty of the hip, knee, and shoulder. Dr. Thomas has been practicing in the Valley for ...

Innovations in hip replacement surgery are helping patients have decreased pain and improved mobility more quickly. Your hip is a ball and socket joint. The ball moves within the socket allowing your ...

Total hip replacement is one of the most commonly performed orthopedic procedures in the U.S., but debate continues around the best surgical approach. During a recent presentation hosted by Becker’s ...

Jason needed hip replacement surgery. "When my hips started giving out, I thought I'd never walk again. I don't remember being so scared," said Jason. Within two years, both hips were replaced.

Q. I have a severely arthritic hip. It’s pretty clear that I’m a candidate for hip replacement. When I looked on the Internet, there were a lot of Web sites promoting “anterior hip replacement.” What ...

The anterior approach is an increasingly popular approach to total hip replacement. Recent advances in operating room tables and implant designs have made the anterior approach more surgeon friendly.

For more than a year, Robert Passmore had problems with his hip. Back pain, arthritis, limited range of motion. “I was losing mobility quite a while and I didn’t notice it,” Passmore said. His golf ...

Every year more than a quarter of a million Americans have total hip replacement surgery. It's almost always a successful operation that frees patients from what's often described as disabling pain.