More than 193,000 total hip replacements are performed each year in the U.S. About 10-percent of those implants will require a revision. Now, a technique borrowed from cancer survivors is giving new hope to those in the most critical situations. Robyn Haines has your Healthy Living.

Walking is something Marci Ybarra must work at after a staph infection ate away her hip cartilage and part of her pelvic bone 26 years ago. She’s faced a long road to recovery.

Her hip dislocated 42 times in her sleep, sending her to the emergency room. Then — something no doctor had seen before. “I had a vaginal fistula. Nobody’s ever had that in the world either. That’s where I don’t mean to sound gross, but one of the pins came loose and went through my vagina wall.”

Marci was then referred to Doctor Henry Finn of the Chicago Center for Orthopedics at Weiss Memorial Hospital. Read more…