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My years as a corporate litigation paralegal precluded my opportunity to ever gain any experience working in Worker's Compensation law firms. I would refer the prospective client to a trusted attorney practicing as a specialty in that field.
In the UK the amount of compensation you can claim depends upon the whether the broken hip is simple or complicated and whether you are left with any ongoing disability and pain. See the related link entitled "hip injury compensation" to see examples of how much compensation you can claim for all manner of hip injuries.
Hip resurfacing or total hip replacement
In the UK the estimated settlement amount for a hip injury depends entirely on how bad the hip injury is. A soft tissue injury will attract far less compensation than a broken hip which in turn will attract far less compensation than a shattered hip with permanent disability. To see several examples of the amounts of compensation for various different hip or pelvic injuries in 2010 see the related link entitled "hip injury compensation".
Hip Replacement or hip arthroplasty is a surgical procedure to treat the damaged portion of the hip. A person who performs this procedure by making certain incisions to remove the damaged part of the hip and replacing them with prosthetic implants is a Hip Replacement surgeon.
If you need a hip replacement, then age is not an issue.
The femur is the leg bone involved in hip replacement.
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Hip replacements can be both. But a revision is simply when they have to re-operate, or revise an exisiting hip replacement, often by putting a new one in.
A replacement hip should not be squeaking. Contact your surgeon regarding this. There may be a recall on the replacement hip, or there may be a more simple solution. Do not assume that this is normal.
Hip arthroplasty is a hip replacement. Arthropathy is any joint disease.
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