Acetabular “up-and-in” defect treated with in-situ femoral head autograft technique during total hip arthroplasty

A 56-year-old male laborer with severe superior and medial acetabular protusio was treated with a cementless left total hip arthroplasty (THA) using an inexpensive technique that preserved the incarcerated femoral head in situ. The head was never dislocated, so the ligamentum was not disrupted. Wire...

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Main Authors: Nana O. Sarpong, MD, MBA, Carl L. Herndon, MD, Roshan P. Shah, MD, JD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344119300925