Tag: avascular necrosis
Prakash Hospital performs Greater Noida’s first robotic total hip replacement
Prakash Hospital has successfully performed the first-ever robotic-assisted Total Hip Replacement, THR, surgery in Greater Noida using the advanced Mako Stryker robotic system. This...
Long Covid has disabling effects on hip joints
Acute Covid-19 infection can manifest in many ways from nominal symptoms to catastrophic organ failure. It can also cause long-term effects, cumulatively known as...
Doctors report increase in cases of avascular necrosis post-Covid
Incidences of avascular necrosis, or death of the bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply, have notably risen in the last year,...
Overuse of steroids by Covid patients damaging hip joint
Unrestricted consumption of steroids by Covid patients during the pandemic has led to a sharp increase in cases of avascular necrosis of hip (AVN)...