The Future of Hip Resurfacing
β Scribed by Schmalzried, Thomas P.
- Book ID
- 123468933
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0030-5898
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π SIMILAR VOLUMES
1951 saw the first hip resurfacing (HR) procedure performed by Sir John Charnley using teflon-on-teflon bearings [1]. Approximately 20 years later, a polyethylene acetabular component and metal femoral component had become popular but osteolysis was prevalent due to tissue response to wear particles
As an alternative in total hip replacement the so called resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip is gaining wider acceptance. The procedure can be said to be a modernisation of the original Smith-Pedersen operation and is suggested in young people with degenerative hip disease, congenital hip dysplasia