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From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Total Hip Replacement

Total Joint Replacement: Questions Patients Should Ask Their Surgeon

Reemplazo Completo De Una Articulación (Joint Replacement)

Primary Total Hip Replacement: The Basics

by Douglas A. Dennis, MD; Charles A. Engh, Sr., MD

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

Topics covered include bearing surfaces options and cemented fixation with extensively porous coated stems.

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

Keywords: hip reconstruction, hip joint reconstruction, THA, THR, surgical techniques, primary total hip replacement, primary total hip arthroplasty, bearing surfaces, material properties, acetabular wear debris, highly cross-linked polyethylene, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, UHMWPE, porous-coated implant, hip implant, hip prosthesis, cementless implant, cementless fixation, osteolysis, prosthetic loosening

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