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From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: How to Plan and How to Remove Components

by Bassam A. Masri, MD; Robert L. Barrack, MD; Douglas E. Padgett, MD; Clive P. Duncan, MD

This slide lecture comprises presentations from a course from the AAOS 2006 Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Topics covered include workup to determine cause of failure and to rule out infection, preoperative planning and implant choice, removal of cemented components and cement, and selective exposures for revision hip replacement.

The lecture is offered both with (Flash format) and without (HTML format) audio.

Keywords: hip reconstruction, hip joint reconstruction, surgical techniques, revision total hip arthroplasty, revision total hip replacement, femoral component removal, acetabular component removal, mechanism of failure, acetabular wear debris, osteolysis, infection, prosthetic loosening, stem removal, cement removal, cemented implant, cementless implant, surgical exposures, surgical approaches, trochanteric osteotomy, extended trochanteric osteotomy, vastus slide, posterior approach, trochanteric slide

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