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Learning About Hip Replacement

Dr. Alexander Van der Ven, Orthopedic Surgeon with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute explains in the hip, the severe arthritis can make it stiff and lose flexibility. Most of the patients can develop chronic pain. That's why the doctor suggests a hip replacement surgery and with a 3 D imaging he explains how it is. The specialist says a full surgery recovery takes, sometimes, up of six months.

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