Introduction Since its introduction in the 1960s, total hip arthroplasty (THA) has proved to be an excellent and reliable treatment procedure for the end stages of hip pathology, with satisfactory clinical outcomes at 15- to 20-year follow
Theofilos Karachalios, George Komnos, and Antonios Koutalos
William G. Blakeney, Jean-Alain Epinette, and Pascal-André Vendittoli
should be supra-hemispheric (as shown in b), to ensure an optimal retention of the liner inside the metallic shell. Hip instability remains the major challenge after total hip arthroplasty (THA) Hip instability after THA has become a major
James R Satalich, Daniel J Lombardo, Simon Newman, Gregory J Golladay, and Nirav K Patel
Background Sir John Charnley’s low friction total hip arthroplasty (THA) revolutionized the management of hip osteoarthritis. His design featured a low frictional torque head, a high-density polyethylene-bearing surface, and fixation of
Giuseppe Solarino, Giovanni Vicenti, Massimiliano Carrozzo, Guglielmo Ottaviani, Biagio Moretti, and Luigi Zagra
Introduction Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a beneficial surgical procedure that relieves pain, restores hip function, and improves quality of life in most patients with end-stage hip osteoarthritis or other hip diseases. 1 However, the
Rory Cuthbert, James Wong, Philip Mitchell, and Parag Kumar Jaiswal
Introduction Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most successful surgical procedures – reducing pain and providing functional improvement to enhance patients’ quality of life. As healthcare continues to evolve and life expectancy rises
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
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
Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Lazaros Poultsides, and Panayiotis Christofilopoulos
-reported outcomes Randomized controlled trials The largest prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) is that of Mjaaland et al 7 who compared the immediate peri- and postoperative results of 83 anterior approach (DAA) total hip arthroplasty patients
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
Alessandro Colombi, Daniele Schena, and Claudio Carlo Castelli
innovative techniques that allow a more accurate and consistent surgical planning. The target of our review is to refresh the historical principles of total hip arthroplasty planning and then to describe whether and how technology may improve templating
