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What are the risks and benefits of Hip Replacement from Thomas Sculco, MD

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From: Thomas Sculco, MD Category:  Orthopedics

Added: Jun 23, 2008


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What are the risks and benefits of a hip replacement. The benefit of hip replacement is improvement in pain, which is usually excellent, as well as improvement in function and motion. The risks include heart or lung problems around the time of the operation, as well as infection of the joint replacement.





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