Hip Implant Surgery Information (mainly non-commercial)

Omni Health & Medicine (UK)

MEDLINEplus® (National Library of Medicine for patients)

Total Joints  (presenting evidence-based information)

Swedish Registry Archive, 1979-1998

Q & A about Hip Replacement (NIAMS, NIH [Nat. Institutes of Health])

NIH Consensus Statement, 1994 (read conclusions of abstract, first)

NIAMS clearinghouse (National Institute for Arthritis)

Medscape (commerical site, not an educational site--registration required)

Hip education page at Totally Hip (a patient's site, miscellaneous information)

Dental precautions (ADA & AAOS)

Standard of Care in DVT Prophylaxis (OREF survey)

Cochrane Library (for evidence-based medicine)

"Oh, I'd give a lot to see the hospital. Probably needles and sutures--oh, the pain! They had to cut and sew people like garments!"
Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever Ó 1967 Paramount Studios

Surgical animation (scroll halfway down the page)

PubMed (National Library of Medicine for professionals)

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Swedish Registry Online, 1999 onward

Americans with Disabilities Act home page