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Latest Techniques in Joint Replacement: The Anterior Hip Approach for Relieving Pain

May 23, 2012
Join Dr. Bowers as he explains the most current technology in Total Hip Replacements and how it can relieve joint pain caused by arthritis…
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Tucson Medical Center's Expansion is 'a Big Operation'

March 16, 2012
As soon as he said it, Mike Letson, a member of the TMC HealthCare Communications Team, was a bit embarrassed by his inadvertent pun. In his…
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Hip Replacement

Total Hip Replacement is a surgical operation involving the replacement of the cup-shaped hip socket and the ball of the thigh bone that have worn from arthritis, or from other conditions which deteriorate the cartilage and bone of the joint. Tucson Orthopaedic Institute has several physicians who specialize in Total Joint and commonly perform hip replacements. View the video to learn more about this procedure and how it is performed.