Femoral Head Resurfacing: Appropriate Patient Selection
Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is a highly successful procedure when used to treat patients with osteoarthritis who have failed nonoperative treatment methods. Successful outcomes require appropriate patient selection criteria, along with a sufficiently experienced surgeon to appropriately carry out the procedure. The combination of appropriate selection criteria and operative techniques with a goal of decreasing postoperative complications to provide the most successful outcomes will be discussed.
Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Center for Joint Preservation and Reconstruction, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
Address reprint requests to Michael A. Mont, MD, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics, Center for Joint Preservation and Reconstruction, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2401 West Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215
MAM is a consultant for Stryker Orthopedics and Wright Medical Technologies, and receives royalties from Stryker Orthopedics. The remaining authors have no disclosures to make. No external funding was received specifically in support of this work.
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