Hip Replacement Table
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Conditions like arthritis force close to 200,000 people to get a hip replacement every year. The surgery typically means significant pain and down time, but now there's a new option that uses a table to get people back on their feet faster.
For Kris Irizarry, life with degenerative arthritis meant no more high heels and a lot more pain.
"I had really no movement -- no external rotation in my right hip at all, so every time I moved, it really felt like bone crunching on bone," Irizarry recalled to Ivanhoe. "It was horrible."
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