The cup replaces the worn hip socket of your pelvis. The ball replaces the worn end of your femur. The ball is attached to stem that fits into your femur. The cup and stem are sometimes cemented, or ...

People with severe hip dysplasia will have to opt for hip replacement (arthroplasty ... up with the curved socket in your ...

Usually, the ball-shaped end of your upper thigh bone (femur) fits neatly into a socket in your pelvis (acetabulum). In hip dysplasia, your femur doesn’t fully fit into your hip socket ... Many people ...

Kathie Lee Gifford has been hospitalized after falling and fracturing her pelvis in two places ... that she tripped and fell after her recent hip-replacement surgery and that she was hospitalized ...