Total Hip Arthroplasty in Congenital High Hip Dislocation with Distal Femoral Osteotomy

Demonstrates the technique of total hip arthroplasty with distal supracondylar resection osteotomy, which was developed specially for patients who have developmental disease of the hip and severe leg discrepancies and who have never been treated.

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This title focuses on such areas as: joint replacement and hip, knee & lower extremity. Dr. Giraldo demonstrates the technique of total hip arthroplasty with distal supracondylar resection osteotomy, which was developed specially for patients who have developmental disease of the hip and severe leg discrepancies and who have never been treated. The procedure he demonstrates is simple and fast with limited blood loss and is specially designed to perform well in all kind of femurs. Dr. Giraldo discusses how this technique can convert a potentially difficult surgical situation into one as easy as a primary hip (cemented or uncemented) while avoiding the future problems of osteotomies in the proximal femur. He also stresses that the main goal is obtaining a good fixation in case of a certain revision in these young patients.