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IT is a risky operation that can take months to recover from.
But researchers in Southampton say they have discovered a ?revolutionary?
method that could prevent many from having to undergo painful hip replacements.
Surgeons based at hospitals in the city have developed a stem cell treatment that could treat the common bone disease, osteonecrosis.
The illness can cause significant bone damage in the hip, when poor blood supply causes bone tissue to die.
At the moment, the main treatment for the condition is a total hip replacement ? but city scientists say their new procedure could dispense with the need for that operation.
The method has been developed by Doug Dunlop, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, and Professor Richard Oreffo, a specialist in musculoskeletal science at the University of Southampton.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9730486._Revolutionary__new_hip_replacement_procedure/?ref=eb
But researchers in Southampton say they have discovered a ?revolutionary?
method that could prevent many from having to undergo painful hip replacements.
Surgeons based at hospitals in the city have developed a stem cell treatment that could treat the common bone disease, osteonecrosis.
The illness can cause significant bone damage in the hip, when poor blood supply causes bone tissue to die.
At the moment, the main treatment for the condition is a total hip replacement ? but city scientists say their new procedure could dispense with the need for that operation.
The method has been developed by Doug Dunlop, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, and Professor Richard Oreffo, a specialist in musculoskeletal science at the University of Southampton.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9730486._Revolutionary__new_hip_replacement_procedure/?ref=eb