24 min

Is it Safe? Using Big Heads and Small Acetabular Components in Total Hip Arthroplasty AAHKS Amplified

    • Medicine

This paper was presented at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting and was awarded the Lawrence D. Dorr Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award. The discussion in this episode covers the combination of large heads and small acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty and the risk of early and long-term implant failure. The study looked at 825 patients from 2000 to 2016 with 10 year follow up. Read the abstract here.

In This Episode

Stefano A. Bini, MD

Joseph D. Maratt, MD

Courtney E. Baker, MD

Robert T. Trousdale, MD

  • American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois, USA

This paper was presented at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting and was awarded the Lawrence D. Dorr Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award. The discussion in this episode covers the combination of large heads and small acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty and the risk of early and long-term implant failure. The study looked at 825 patients from 2000 to 2016 with 10 year follow up. Read the abstract here.

In This Episode

Stefano A. Bini, MD

Joseph D. Maratt, MD

Courtney E. Baker, MD

Robert T. Trousdale, MD

24 min

  • American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, Rosemont, Illinois, USA