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CHECK UP
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Check Up is your chance to talk to doctors about the health issues that most concern you and your family. Each week Barbara Myers is joined by a medical expert to take your calls and emails on a particular topic and give you the most up to date advice. No appointment necessary.
Call 0870 010 0444
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Contact Check Up |
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LISTEN AGAIN Ìý30 min |
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"There is no substitute for one-to-one advice from aÌýtop medical expert and that's what we offer our callers and emailers. But for each person who calls to ask for help, someone else phones in to pass on a tip or a suggestion -Ìýit's a great programme to present."
Barbara Myers |
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 Full programme transcript >>
Hip Replacements
60,000 hip replacement operations are performed every year in the UK.
The most common reason for replacing the hip joint is because of damage caused by osteoarthritis but it can also be because of fracture or infection.
As people receiving artificial hips get younger, how long can they be expected to last and what can you expect after your operation?
Barbara Myers will be joined by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Peter Kay,Ìýof the Wrightington Hospital in Wigan, the UK hospital which performed the first hip replacements.
If you have questions about the causes and treatment of a hip replacement, how soon afterwards you will be able to walk or exercise and what can go wrong,Ìýcall Check Up.
Please contact the programme with your questions or comments on 08700-100-444 on the day of broadcast or e-mail using the Contact Check Up link above.
This is the last in the current series.Ìý Check Up returns in August. |
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RELATED LINKS
91Èȱ¬ Radio 4: Case Notes - Joint Replacements
91Èȱ¬ Health: Artificial Hips
91Èȱ¬ Health: Osteoarthritis
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