Hip Surgery

• B.C. man among hundreds left waiting in pain due to Victoria operating room closures

  Hundreds of people in the Victoria area have had their surgeries postponed, amid the prolonged closure of four operating rooms at two capital region hospitals.

  Health

  Sep 8, 2023
  
• Winnipeg Jets forward Sam Gagner out for season due to hip injury

  The Winnipeg Jets will be without forward Sam Gagner for the rest of the season after he underwent surgery to deal with ongoing hip issues, Rick Bowness said.

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  Mar 16, 2023
  
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• Ross Memorial Hospital performs first hip surgery in Ontario using Insignia femoral stem implant

  Annually the hospital conducts about 150 hip replacements, with surgeon Dr. Sebastian Heaven overseeing the majority of them.

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  Feb 21, 2023
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• Last-second surgery cancellation leaves B.C. senior waiting up to 6 more months in pain

  "I want to say the system sucks -- it's not a nice word, but it's not fair to treat human beings like that," Shirley Colwell told Global News.

  Health

  Jan 18, 2023
• Hip surgery coverage dispute lands in New Brunswick court

  Court was told the applicant, Hilary Eccleston, was faced with a four-year wait for arthroscopic hip surgery in the public system.

  Health

  Apr 3, 2019
• Manitobans waiting longer for hip, knee surgeries, says healthcare study

  A new report shows Manitoba patients waiting for hip or knee replacements or cataract surgery didn't have their procedures done within recommended wait times last year.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2019
• Get your hip replaced and walk the same day? Surgical technique makes it possible

  Five Calgary surgeons are among a handful of doctors in Canada now performing hip replacement surgery in a way that dramatically reduces recovery time.

  Health

  Sep 19, 2017