BACKGROUND When patients with a failed hip arthroplasty are unsuitable for reimplantation,Girdlestone resection arthroplasty(GRA)is a viable treatment option.We report on a patient who was treated with a GRA due to a ...
In this editorial,I present my comments on the article by Solarino et al.Conversion hip arthroplasty,which is an optional salvage procedure performed following unsuccessful fixation of intertrochanteric femur fracture...
Supported by the Science Project of Hunan Provincial Healthy Commission,No.20230844.
Combined femoral and acetabular anteversion is the sum of femoral and acetabular anteversion,representing their morphological relationship in the axial plane.Along with the increasing understanding of hip dysplasia in...
BACKGROUND Proximal femur fractures,including both intracapsular(femoral neck fractures)and extracapsular fractures(intertrochanteric femoral fractures,IFFs),affect around 1.5 million people per year worldwide.Mechani...
Supported by Korean Fund for Regenerative Medicine(KFRM)grant funded by the Korea Government(the Ministry of Science and ICT,the Ministry of Health&Welfare),No.22D0801L1 and No.22C0604L1。
The atypical femoral fracture(AFF)has been attracting significant attention because of its increasing incidence;additionally,its treatment is challenging from biological and mechanical aspects.Although surgery is ofte...
BACKGROUND Endoprosthetic distal femoral replacement(DFR)is a well-established salvage procedure following resection of malignant tumors within the distal femur.Use of an all-polyethylene tibial(APT)component is cost-...
BACKGROUND Surgical correction of femoral deformities in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia(PFD)or McCune-Albright syndrome(MAS),such as coxa vara or shepherd’s crook deformity,is a challenge.AIM To evaluate the treatment...
Supported by Children’s Hospital Charity and Industry(Nuvasive,CA,United States),No.5431.
BACKGROUND Femoral lengthening is a procedure of great importance in the treatment of congenital and acquired limb deficiencies.Technological advances have led to the latest designs of fully implantable motorized intr...
BACKGROUND The uncemented ArcosTM Modular Femoral Revision System(ARCOS)is a new comprehensive,press-fit revision design.The modular design offers a wide range of possible combinations to accommodate different variati...
BACKGROUND Femoroacetabular impingement(FAI)is a predisposing factor for secondary osteoarthritis of the hip joint.The two extensively described impingement mechanisms of FAI are CAM and Pincer-type.Initially managed ...