News You Can Use: Special Edition with Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, FACS

Healthcare NOW Radio Podcast Network - Discussions on healthcare including technology, innovation, policy, data security, telehealth and more. Visit HealthcareNOWRadio.com · Mar 4, 2026 · 27m

The Operation of the Century - Why Total Hip Replacement Keeps Getting Better Interview with Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, FACS who has performed 38,000+ joint replacements. Topics discussed: Why total hip replacement is considered the “operation of the century” (as described in The Lancet); Modern hips use cementless fixation, advanced ceramics, and highly cross-linked polyethylene, dramatically improving durability to 25–30+ years (or more); Complications like infection, fracture, and dislocation are rare (~1%) and aggressively addressed through patient optimization and surgical advances…