Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 35-41, June 2006

Hip Resurfacing: A Fair and Balanced Review

  • W. Andrew Hodge, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
    • ,
  • Stephanie M. Fitts, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Stryker Orthopaedics, Mahwah, New Jersey.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Stephanie M. Fitts, PhD, Director of Clinical Research, Stryker Orthopaedics, 325 Corporate Drive, Mahwah, NJ 07430.

This review of hip resurfacing surgery covers three generations of design progress. The first, spanning from the 1920s to the 1940s, represents early attempts at resurfacing the femoral head as a “mold arthroplasty.” The second generation (1950s to the 1980s) represents the introduction of an acetabular component. The third generation (1990s to present) represents a worldwide resurgence of this technology into the hands of joint replacement surgeons. The clinical results and modes of failures in each of these technologies is discussed to provide surgeons a basis for educated decisions on technologies and patient selection for optimizing long-term success.

Keywords:  hip resurfacing , hip arthroplasty , risks , benefits

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 This work was supported in part by Stryker Orthopedics.

PII: S1045-4527(06)00028-9

doi:10.1053/j.sart.2006.05.003

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 35-41, June 2006

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