hip replacement

Thousands of medical devices are sold, and even implanted, with no safety tests.

In a torrent of lawsuits in Alachua County, patients accuse device maker Exactech of hiding knee and hip implant defects for years. The company denies the allegations.

One of the most common operations in Florida -- joint replacement -- is the focus of the New York Times’ continuing series on how health-care pricing…

Across the country, thousands of people are suing the makers of metal-on-metal hip implants, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. One Florida attorney…

Recovery after hip replacement surgery can be agonizing -- no wonder, since the conventional rear-incision method involves slicing muscle and sawing bone.…

Researchers aren’t exactly sure why, but women are slightly more likely to have problems with hip replacements than men, the Associated Press reports.

It’s ridiculous that hospitals won’t provide patients with something as simple as the total price of a specific procedure, according to an editorial from…

Metal-on-metal hip replacements like the Stryker Rejuvenate were supposed to be the “latest and greatest” for active baby boomers, the Palm Beach Post…