About 14% of adults over 60 report having pain in or around their hip joint. Bone fracture, muscle strain or tear, infection, ...

Seven hip joints and 7 knee joints were affected. Only 4 patients had risk factors for prosthetic joint infection (diabetes mellitus in 2, cancer in 1, and myelodysplasia in 1). The average time ...

Doctors can rule out septic arthritis or other conditions through a physical ... This imaging test will show whether there is fluid in the hip joint. Fluid means there is swelling and inflammation of ...

We report a case of infection of the hip with GBS following spontaneous abortion. Delay in identification of infection as the cause of pain ultimately leads to irreversible joint destruction. This ...

It is very important that you protect your artificial joint from potential infection. Some patients have increased risk following total joint surgery, as an infection can spread to the new joint ...

The infection travels through the bloodstream and can affect many joints, including the hip. Symptoms usually come on rapidly and involve intense swelling, pain and fever. Infectious arthritis rarely ...

Acute attack of pseudogout is a rare cause of acute hip pain. The clinical features may mimic hip joint septic arthritis and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any presentation of ...

For example, in the case of infection, the hip replacement may need ... likely to be necessary to try and restore normal function to the joint. Varacallo M, Luo TD, Johanson NA. Total hip arthroplasty ...