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Who may be a candidate for artificial hip replacement?
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Patients with pain: When pain is severe enough and is not controlled with non-operative therapy, hip replacement is a possibility. Age and medication conditions sometimes preclude surgery, but this is not common.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Severe pain: Patients with severe and intolerable pain, significant activity restrictions and end stage arthritis, who have failed nonsurgical treatments.
Answered 9/28/2016
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