A 79-year-old who suffered complications after a hip operation at a private hospital "would not have died" when she did had she not had surgery, an inquest has heard. Gwynneth Exall, from Swansea ...

A Devon woman has been given a new lease of life after having a hip replacement at the age of 102. Joy, who lives in Exmouth, is thought to be the oldest patient to be fitted with a new hip at ...

During the resurfacing operation a surgeon would dislocate my hip, shave the hip socket, removing any residual and worn cartilage, and implant a metal cap. Then he would shave the head of the ...

‘Hip replacements are the most common operation in orthopaedics,’ says Professor Adrian Wilson, consultant orthopaedic ...

A centenarian is enjoying a new lease of life after having a hip replacement – at the age of 102. Joy Palfreman, who lives in Exmouth in Devon, is thought to be the oldest patient to be fitted with a ...

The operation was carried out to implant a hip prosthesis to correct problems in the head of the femur caused by osteoarthritis, which caused him permanent pain. Polesello explained that a ...

Mrs Palfreman said she was delighted with her new hip. "It's amazing. I really didn't think at my age they would do the operation, but I'm so pleased they did," she said. "Before the hip ...