VOORHEES, N.J. (WPVI) -- Hip replacement surgery used to be seen as a tedious, but necessary procedure, requiring weeks on a walker and months of rehab. But now computer imaging is changing all that.

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Doctors Reveal How to Speed Up Recovery Time Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If chronic hip pain and stiffness have limited your mobility, your doctor may recommend a hip replacement for one or both hips.