1.   She has undergone three hip replacement surgeries in the last three years.

2.   Among those absent was reliever Rudy Seanez, who is seven months removed from ligament replacement surgery on his elbow and not under contract.

3.   An orthopedic surgeon in Rochester, N.Y., told of one patient who canceled knee replacement surgery after improving on the supplements.

4.   At regular intervals, patients complete a questionnaire assessing their pain, says Das, who has previously studied other medications to help patients avoid joint replacement surgery.

5.   Blackmun, who retired from the court five years ago, died of complications following hip replacement surgery, the court announced.

6.   Blood clots are a common complication after hip replacement surgery.

7.   A new approach to an old procedure is saving patients much of the pain and some of the recovery time common to heart valve replacement surgery.

8.   According to documents filed in federal court, two elderly patients died unexpectedly during hip replacement surgeries, at least one because the anesthesia was mismanaged.

9.   After conventional medicine and acupuncture no longer relieved the excruciating pain caused by his knee arthritis, the Peterborough, N.H. man had joint replacement surgery in July.

10.   After months of delaying what seemed medically inevitable, Jack Nicklaus said Wednesday that he will undergo hip replacement surgery later this month.