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.

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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