The total of 561 children being recalled for assessment over possibly unnecessary surgery is "only the tip of the iceberg", ...

those with congenital hip dislocation, and patients who had undergone hip surgery. Two experienced pediatric rheumatologists, blinded to each patient's data, independently read the pelvic radiographs ...

Range of motion (ROM) is a measurement of the distance and direction a joint can move to its full potential. Hip ROM is dictated by the ball-and-socket hip joint, which is made up of the femur ...

Thousands of children could have undergone painful hip surgeries unnecessarily, the Dáil has been told. Speaking during Thursday's Leaders' Questions, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty raised an audit ...

Love for sports can take a toll on aging bodies, with deteriorating joints leading to painful osteoarthritis, especially in ...

Children who had hip surgery through Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) are being offered new follow-up checks after a still-under way audit recommended it. The audit is examining criteria for ...

A draft report into 561 hip surgeries on children since 2021 found 79 per cent of the surgeries at Cappagh hospital and 60 per cent at Temple Street “did not meet the threshold for surgery ...

HUNDREDS of children had hip surgeries that they may not have needed at all, the Dail heard today, with one mum "sick to her stomach" at the thought her daughter was operated on unnecessarily.