Having hip osteoarthritis

2.46 million people in England have osteoarthritis of the hip, and many of those go on to eventually have a hip replacement - which is now widely considered one of the most commonly performed and successful operations in the world. Jessamy Bagenal, clinical fellow with The BMJ, talks to Nick Nicholas, an obstetrician who has had OA and one of the authors of a clinical update on hip osteoarthritis, recently published on thebmj.com In a linked podcast, Nick Aresti, a specialist registrar in trauma and orthopaedic surgery to talks about management of the condition. Read the full article: http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i3405 Listen to the linked podcast: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/treating-hip-osteoarthritis