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• Title:All about hip replacement : a patient's guide / Richard Trahair.
  
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• Variant Title:Hip replacement
  
• Author/Creator:Trahair, R. C. S.
  
• Published/Created:Melbourne ; Oxford University Press, ©1998.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WE860 .T733 1998
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Total hip replacement--Popular works.
  Arthroplasty--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip--Popular Works.
  
• Description:xii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  
• Summary:"Every year more than half a million people around the world have a hip replaced. It is one of the most successful of modern operations. This book records the experiences of fourteen such patients. They talk about their troubles with their old hips, the process of deciding to replace them and of finding surgeons and hospitals, and the preparations for the operation. We learn about their experiences in hospital before and after the operation. Richard Trahair - an author and psychologist who has himself recently had a hip replacement - weaves together their hopes and concerns with advice from surgeons, rheumatologists, physiotherapists, nurses, and occupational therapists." "All about Hip Replacement will equip those thinking about having the operation with the information they need to make sensible decisions, and will help recent patients to make a full recovery."--Jacket
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:019554112X
  
• Contents:Preface / Richard de Steiger
  1. 'My hip's a bit of a worry': personal histories of hip trouble
  2. Choosing the surgeon and making the decision
  3. Becoming a patient
  4. Hospital life before the operation
  5. Recovery - the first few days
  6. Recovery - after the first few days
  7. After leaving hospital
  8. Problems or complications
  9. Conclusions and recommendations.