the joints. 3 When painful degenerative changes occur in the hip, total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been shown to alleviate pain and improve function in AS patients. 4 Total hip arthroplasty in AS patients is a challenging procedure owing to
David Lin, Alexander Charalambous, and Sammy A. Hanna
Eustathios Kenanidis, Konstantinos Kapriniotis, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Michael Potoupnis, Panayiotis Christofilopoulos, and Eleftherios Tsiridis
probability of progressing to hip osteoarthritis (OA), usually in the third or fourth decade of life; 1 bilateral hip involvement reaches 20–30%. 2 , 8 The initial studies of total hip arthroplasty (THA) for the management of end-stage hip OA in SCD
Peter Luca DiGiovanni, Xavier Gasparutto, Stéphane Armand, and Didier Hannouche
Introduction Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is among the most commonly performed surgical procedures to reduce pain and restore function in patients with hip disorders. Since its inception in 1960, this operation has steadily risen in demand
Gösta Ullmark
Introduction Dislocation after total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a difficult problem for the patient, the treating surgeon, and is associated with a considerable extra cost for the health care system. 1 The true prevalence of post
Bülent Atilla
the success of total hip arthroplasty. Pre-operative patient evaluation Young females with limping and postural deformity related to a marked inequality in lower limb length characterises the DDH patient with a high dislocated hip. Assessment
Luigi Zagra, Francesco Benazzo, Dante Dallari, Francesco Falez, Giuseppe Solarino, Rocco D’Apolito, and Claudio Carlo Castelli
provides an overview of the hip–spine relationship and its implications for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). A crucial step in THA is to position the cup in such a way to obtain a stable joint without neck-cup impingement or edge loading
Philippe Hernigou, Victor Housset, Jacques Pariat, Arnaud Dubory, and Charles Henri Flouzat Lachaniette
patients often require total hip arthroplasty (THA). THA provides reliable symptomatic relief and improvement of function in osteoarthritis. However, postoperative outcomes and complication rates 8 , 9 in patients with SCD are less understood, due to
Prashant Singh, Suroosh Madanipour, Andreas Fontalis, Jagmeet Singh Bhamra, and Hani B. Abdul-Jabar
Introduction Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most commonly performed operations worldwide. Demand for THA is set to increase over the next decade with a 174% increase in the USA estimated by 2030, 1 , 2 largely due to longer
Nanne Kort, Patrick Stirling, Peter Pilot, and Jacobus Hendrik Müller
Introduction In an attempt to improve accuracy and consistency of implant placement during total hip arthroplasty (THA), multiple navigation technologies have been introduced over the past three decades, 1 which can be broadly characterized
Luca Pierannunzii and Luigi Zagra
Introduction Bone loss is a major concern of revision total hip arthroplasty (THA). While on the femoral side the problem is commonly solved by passing the defect through long stems seeking distal fixation in the healthy diaphysis, on the
